face value
noun
1
: the value indicated on the face (as of a postage stamp or a stock certificate)
2
: the apparent value or significance
if their remarks may be taken at face value
Examples of face value in a Sentence
We paid $100 for tickets that had a face value of $50.
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Louisville police arrested three men after undercover officers paid for 10 Springsteen tickets, each of them $3 above face value, a detective said at the time.
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Limited tickets remain for face value, and no seats are available in the upper level for this show on AXS.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Most notably, the organization is advocating for policy to cap fees at 15 percent of a ticket’s face value, as well as rent stabilization for concert venues to help bring down the cost of venues’ expenses.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
On face value, this seems counterproductive for even a microorganism, where replication and in turn genetic survival is a driving force.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Limited tickets remain for face value, and no seats are available in the upper level for this show on AXS.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Most notably, the organization is advocating for policy to cap fees at 15 percent of a ticket’s face value, as well as rent stabilization for concert venues to help bring down the cost of venues’ expenses.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
On face value, this seems counterproductive for even a microorganism, where replication and in turn genetic survival is a driving force.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for face value
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20value. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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