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valued

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val·ue  (vly)
n.
1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
2. Monetary or material worth: the fluctuating value of gold and silver.
3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit: the value of an education.
4. A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable: "The speech was a summons back to the patrician values of restraint and responsibility" (Jonathan Alter).
5. Precise meaning or import, as of a word.
6. Mathematics An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.
7. Music The relative duration of a tone or rest.
8. The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See Table at color.
9. Linguistics The sound quality of a letter or diphthong.
10. One of a series of specified values: issued a stamp of new value.
tr.v. val·ued, val·u·ing, val·ues
1. To determine or estimate the worth or value of; appraise.
2. To regard highly; esteem. See Synonyms at appreciate.
3. To rate according to relative estimate of worth or desirability; evaluate: valued health above money.
4. To assign a value to (a unit of currency, for example).

[Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of valoir, to be strong, be worth, from Latin valre; see wal- in Indo-European roots.]

valu·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.valued - (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; "triple-valued"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
quantitative - expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
2.valuedvalued - held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature; "a valued friend"; "precious memories"
worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause"

valued
adjective appreciated, prized, esteemed, highly regarded, loved, dear, treasured, cherished a valued member of the team
Translations
valued [ˈvæljuːd] ADJ [friend, customer] → estimado, apreciado; [contribution] → valioso
valued [ˈvæljuːd] adj
(= appreciated) [customer, colleague, friend] → estimé(e)
(= prized) [commodity, thing] → prisé(e)
Why were spices so highly valued in late 15th-century Europe? → Pourquoi les épices étaient-elles si prisées en Europe à la fin du XVe siècle?
value judgment value judgement (British) njugement m de valeur
valued
adj friend(hoch) geschätzt, lieb; employee(hoch) geschätzt; contributiongeschätzt; he is a valued colleagueer ist als Kollege hoch geschätzt; as a valued customerals (ein) geschätzter Kunde; to be valued for somethingfür etw geschätzt werden
valued [ˈvæljuːd] adj (appreciated) → stimato/a, apprezzato/a, tenuto/a in grande considerazione
valued [ˈvæljuːd] adj (appreciated) → stimato/a, apprezzato/a, tenuto/a in grande considerazione


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When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a figure of himself, saying to the Sculptor, "You will certainly want much more for this, as it is the statue of the Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain.
That was the way bourgeois society valued a man, and who was he to expect it otherwise?
Pigeons were much valued by Akber Khan in India, about the year 1600; never less than 20,000 pigeons were taken with the court.
 
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