NOUN
- the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
- the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
How To Use face value In A Sentence
- Price is 30/ticket (which is 20 off face value) o.b.o. cash only. Craigslist | all for sale / wanted in boston
- Or you could buy a zero-coupon bond with a face value of 100 for 85. Times, Sunday Times
- At closing, a fee of one percent (1.0%) of the face value of the instrument, and one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds of any indebtedness drawn down over the course of the engagement.
- I took the offer at face value. I didn't think they might be trying to trick me.
- Public statements from the various groups involved should not necessarily be taken at face value.
- [A] ccepting at face value documents without a verifiable provenance that come from the hand of a known partisan zealot is not typical journalistic behavior. Election 2004
- At one point in The Banker, young protagonist Heartwell is stuck in arrears with uncurrent paper money worth a fraction of its face value as his only available funds. Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
- In bezique there was no requirement to follow suit in this early part of the game; face value was all that mattered. City of Glory
- Meanwhile, someone untrained in music or drama or whatever can enjoy a performance and take it at face value.
- There's the simple, straightforward, credulous voice of the listener, who takes bands, songs and packages at face value.