face values
Stated ticket prices
Face values are the nominal amounts printed or stated on something, as opposed to market or actual worth.
A bond's face value is the amount repaid at maturity, regardless of what you paid for it.
A coin's face value is its denomination, not its metal content.
To take something at face value is to accept it as presented without questioning deeper meaning: Don't take his promises at face value.
- literalMeaning exactly what's said
- at first glanceOn preliminary observation
- currencyMedium of exchange
- nominalIn designation only
- first impressionInstant assessment of someone
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face valueshidden meanings
Implicit messages beneath surface
subtext · ulterior motives · reading between the lines · between the lines · double meanings
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