I.
noun
1 amount of money that sth is worth
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , low
▪
the high ~ of the pound
▪ full , total
▪ real , true
▪ average
▪ estimated
▪ monetary
▪ nominal
▪
a share with a nominal ~ of $50
▪ face
▪
At yesterday's auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face ~.
▪ residual
▪
a residual ~ of 10% of its original cost
▪ resale
▪
Regular servicing will add to the resale ~ of your car.
▪ rental
▪ market
▪
Use current market ~s to determine the worth of your assets.
▪ land , property
▪ shareholder
VERB + VALUE
▪ place , put , set
▪
It's hard to put a ~ on a company with large assets and turnover but low profits.
▪ add
▪ boost , increase , inflate , raise
▪
They were accused of artificially inflating the ~ of the company's securities.
▪ maximize
▪ double , triple , etc.
▪
Dramatic developments on the stock market tripled the ~ of his shares.
▪ diminish , lower , reduce
▪ hold , keep , retain
▪
The piano has held its ~.
▪ calculate , determine , estimate , measure , work out
▪ overestimate , underestimate
VALUE + VERB
▪ double , triple , etc.
▪ appreciate , go up , increase , rise
▪ exceed sth
▪ decline , decrease , depreciate , fall , go down
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The land has dropped in ~.
▪ to the ~ of
▪
Paintings to the ~ of two million euros were stolen last night.
PHRASES
▪ an increase in ~ , a rise in ~
▪ a drop in ~ , a fall in ~ , a reduction in ~
2 how much sth is worth compared with its price
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , good , great , outstanding
▪ poor
VERB + VALUE
▪ deliver , offer , provide
▪
Our products deliver ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for money
▪
Though a little more expensive, the larger model gives better ~ for money.
3 importance
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , great , high , immense , incalculable , inestimable , tremendous
▪ added
▪
It has an added ~ for native speakers of English.
▪ doubtful , dubious , limited , low
▪
His published account of his travels is of dubious ~ to other explorers.
▪ lasting
▪ main , real , true
▪ intrinsic
▪ practical , sentimental , symbolic
▪ aesthetic , entertainment
▪ nutritional , nutritive
▪
the nutritional ~ of eggs
VERB + VALUE
▪ have
▪
The stolen necklace only had sentimental ~ for her.
▪ attach , place , put , set
▪
He places a high ~ on marriage.
▪ appreciate , realize , recognize , understand
▪
We began to recognize the ~ of advice from others.
▪ demonstrate , prove , show
▪
a program which demonstrates the ~ of education
▪ measure
▪ question
▪
Many people question the social ~ of talk shows.
▪ overestimate , underestimate
▪
You can't underestimate the ~ of networking.
▪ diminish
▪ enhance
▪
This would greatly enhance the ~ of the book as a resource for scholars.
▪ emphasize , underline ( esp. BrE ), underscore ( esp. AmE )
VALUE + VERB
▪ be , lie
▪
The real ~ of the book lies in its wonderful characterization.
VALUE + NOUN
▪ judgement
▪
Evolutionary psychology does not make a ~ judgement about the way we behave.
PREPOSITION
▪ of ~
▪
He didn't say anything of ~.
▪ ~ to
▪
Pottery fragments are of great ~ to historians.
4 values set of beliefs
ADJECTIVE
▪ dominant
▪
the dominant ~s of a society
▪ conservative , conventional , traditional
▪ common , shared , universal
▪
What shared ~s do you have with your friends?
▪ human
▪ aesthetic , cultural , educational , political , social
▪ Christian , ethical , moral , religious , spiritual
▪
We need to be guided by our moral ~s.
▪ family
▪
The party's election campaign emphasized its belief in family ~s.
▪ middle-class , Victorian , Western
▪ parental
▪
the rejection of parental ~s by a child
▪ democratic , liberal
… OF VALUES
▪ set
▪
a prevailing set of cultural ~s
VERB + VALUES
▪ have , hold
▪
They hold very middle-class ~s.
▪ cherish , encourage , foster , promote
▪
Is it the role of schools to foster spiritual ~s?
▪ instil/instill
▪
Families adhered to the ~s instilled by the church.
▪ embody
▪
the principles and ~s embodied in the Constitution
▪ hold onto , preserve , uphold
▪
a society that has failed to preserve its traditional ~s
▪ compromise
▪
I won't compromise my artistic ~s.
▪ share
▪
the cultural ~s shared by all the ethnic groups
VALUE + NOUN
▪ system
▪
a common ~ system
PHRASES
▪ production ~s
▪
a movie with high production ~s
II.
verb think sb/sth is very important
ADVERB
▪ greatly , highly , particularly
▪ increasingly
▪ positively
▪ equally
▪ rightly
▪
the fear of losing the independence that they rightly ~
VERB + VALUE
▪ come to , learn to
▪
During my illness I learned to ~ the ordinary things in life.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
I ~ her very highly as a friend.
▪ for
▪
Tulips are ~d for their beauty.
▪
He hated to be ~d for his looks alone.
Value is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ asset , ↑ contribution , ↑ diversity , ↑ freedom , ↑ friendship , ↑ honesty , ↑ independence , ↑ input , ↑ life , ↑ privacy , ↑ property , ↑ stock , ↑ work