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Definition of Face value
1. Noun. The value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value.
2. Noun. The apparent worth as opposed to the real worth.
Definition of Face value
1. Noun. The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Face Value
Literary usage of Face value
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1917)
"The separate recapitulation page specially ruled for the purpose would, however,
seem better. Notes Entered at face value Always Some notes are ..."
2. Auditing: A Practical Manual for Auditors by Lawrence Robert Dicksee, Robert Hiester Montgomery (1909)
"It consists of an obligation to pay a fixed sum at a stated future date, which
sum is called the face value of the bond, and of a series of obligations to ..."
3. The Transfer Tax Law of the State of New York: Being Sections 220 to 245 by George Washington McElroy (1909)
"Disputed Claim — Not Appraised at face value. Where an executor has made an
advantageous compromise of a claim in favor of the estate, the amount actually ..."
4. Journal by Texas Legislature. Senate, Legislature, United States Congress. Senate, Texas State Library, Texas (1914)
"To amount sinking fund paid on county bonds $ 42860 00 "To amount sinking fund
paid on T. & NO Io amount face value railroad bonds, same being of no value, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... not meet before Oct. lo, and in case these per cent, of the face value of the
old ones or in cash. The conversion was expected by the holders, ..."
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