face value
[
feys
val-yoo
for 1;
feys
val
-yoo
for 2
]
/ˈfeɪs ˌvæl yu
for 1;
ˈfeɪs ˈvæl yu
for 2
/
noun
1.
the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
2.
apparent value:
Do not accept promises at face value.
Origin
1875-80
Examples from the web for
face value
As risks go, this one might not be as risky as it seems at
face value
.
Without looking farther, the physicians had let that section go at its
face value
.
The factor of two is well motivated, discarding it at
face value
as reasoning towards the result is empty rhetoric.
Let's take at
face value
the idea that a bubble has formed.
Nevertheless, if this evidence is taken at
face value
, it leaves us with a significant conceptual dilemma.
Harmless notes, at
face value
, but they harbored a secret menace.
There were also plenty of observers prepared to accept the automaton at
face value
as a genuine thinking machine.
If one takes some posts at
face value
, graduate studies in education is no more difficult than reading tea leaves.
Although not many people see it beyond
face value
of unexcusable thuggery.
The comment that diffraction was not understood is valid, if it can be taken at
face value
.
British Dictionary definitions for
face value
face value
noun
1.
the value written or stamped on the face of a commercial paper or coin
2.
apparent worth or value, as opposed to real worth
Idioms and Phrases with
face value
face value
see:
at face value