value

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
  2. noun the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
  3. noun the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

Etymology

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

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