as in price
the monetary figure that is printed or shown on something (such as a coin or bill)
We paid $100 for tickets that had a face value of $50.
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Recent Examples of face value
Gold bullion coins are produced by government mints and issued with a legal tender face value.
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Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
There were also 377 listings on StubHub, 10 of which were offering tickets at below face value, even after taxes and fees were added.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Treasury bills are sold at a discount and pay their full face value at maturity.
—Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Apr. 2026
Haney’s bill would ban re-selling tickets at more than 10 percent above face value in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
There were also 377 listings on StubHub, 10 of which were offering tickets at below face value, even after taxes and fees were added.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Treasury bills are sold at a discount and pay their full face value at maturity.
—Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Apr. 2026
Haney’s bill would ban re-selling tickets at more than 10 percent above face value in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for face value
Recent Examples of Synonyms for face value
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Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Ken Foster, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, said there is typically a 3- to 6-month lag between an energy price shock and an increase in retail food prices.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The lawsuit now seeks roughly $161,000—including late fees, default interest and pre-judgment interest—plus attorney’s fees.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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This attention to sizing is an important factor for anyone who wants to avoid the stress of last-minute gate checks or surprise fees.—
Paris Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are no performance incentive payments or cost-of-living increase for senior leadership in the current fiscal year, according to a budget overview, and no incentive payments for anyone in the coming fiscal year starting July 1.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Although Rolder’s short arm length could give him some trouble with block-shedding, several workable pieces on his profile likely speak to what Buffalo would go for in its new defense at a reduced cost.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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For example, through the department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, Cohen and Smith Richards were able to determine that a special-education district in Illinois had the highest rate of student arrests of any school in the country.—
Charles Ornstein,
ProPublica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Though the value can be criticized, Love is immediately going to make Arizona’s offense exponentially better.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Under state law, the department should have gathered data on at least three comparable properties and their corresponding values, the report reads.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
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The list price of the crypto used to purchase those plots was roughly $54 million at the time, but that figure includes some cheaper plots that were given to Galaverse attendees to help prime the market.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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While the median list price was around $800,000 last month, the median sale price was over $1,200,000.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20value. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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