value

high, low

The house has a low value because it needs expensive repairs.

full, total

real, true

nominal

The bond had a nominal value of $100 when it was first issued.

face

The ticket's face value is $50, but people are paying twice that much on the resale market.

residual

When you sell your old car, it usually has only a small residual value.

resale

A new kitchen will increase the resale value of your house significantly.

place, put, set

She places great value on honesty and kindness in all her relationships.

add

increase, raise

double, triple, etc.

The property doubled in value after they renovated the kitchen and added a new bathroom.

lower, reduce

hold, keep

Antique furniture can keep its value for many years if you take good care of it.

calculate, work out

double, triple, etc.

appreciate, go up, increase

decrease, depreciate, fall, go down

in ~

My old comic books have increased in value since I was a child.

to the ~ of

The company donated medical equipment to the value of fifty thousand dollars to the local hospital.

an increase/a rise in value, a drop/fall/reduction in value

excellent, good, great, outstanding

poor

value for money

The budget airline offers excellent value for money on short European flights.

enormous, great, high, immense, incalculable, tremendous

doubtful, dubious, limited, low

The advice he gave me had limited value since it didn't address my actual problem.

lasting

main, real, true

practical, sentimental, symbolic

have

This old photograph has great value to our family because it shows our grandparents.

attach, place, put, set

They put great value on honesty and trust in their family relationships.

be, lie

The true value of learning a language lies in being able to communicate with people from different cultures.

of ~

The old painting turned out to be of considerable value to the museum.

~ to

Having a good dictionary is of great value to anyone learning English.

dominant

Hard work and honesty remain the dominant values in her family.

conservative, conventional, traditional

common, shared, universal

Many families believe that honesty and respect are universal values worth teaching to children.

human

aesthetic, cultural, educational, ethical, moral, political, social, spiritual

The school teaches children about social values like kindness and honesty from an early age.

family

My grandparents taught us to respect family values like honesty and kindness.

middle-class, Victorian, Western

parental

Many teenagers eventually understand the importance of the parental values their parents tried to teach them.

democratic, liberal

set

My family has a different set of values than my friends do.

have, hold

My grandmother has strong values about honesty and hard work that shaped our whole family.

cherish, encourage, foster

My parents always encouraged the values of honesty and hard work in our family.

hold onto, preserve

My grandparents hold onto old-fashioned values even though the world has changed so much.

system

Different cultures often have completely different value systems that shape how people live.

officially

at

The old painting was valued at around $50,000 by the expert.

greatly, highly, particularly

increasingly

positively

negatively

Manual labor jobs are often negatively valued by society compared to office positions.

rightly

Many people rightly value their health more than material possessions.

socially

Parents are socially valued for the important work they do raising children.

learn to

She learned to value her grandmother's advice after making several mistakes at work.

as

I've always valued my teacher as a mentor who helped shape my career path.

for

My teacher appreciated me for my hard work and dedication to the project.