Value

Noun - value[1]

• 1. Relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light." -Joe Hing Lowe
• 2. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.

• 3. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds."
• 4. An ideal accepted by some individual or group

He has old-fashioned values.

• 5. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

He tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices.

• 6. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
• 7. The degree of importance you give to something.

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Value is a concept that describes the beliefs of an individual or culture. A set of values may be placed into the notion of a value system. Values are considered subjective and vary across people and cultures. Types of values include ethical/moral values, doctrinal/ideological (political, religious) values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values are innate.

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value can refer to:[2]

• Value (mathematics) -- the value of a variable in mathematics.
• Value (personal and cultural) -- the principles, standards, or quality which guides human actions
• Value (economics) -- the market worth or estimated worth of commodities, services, assets, or work.
• Value theory -- in ethics, aesthetics and other evaluative matters
• Value (marketing) --
• Value (computer science)
• Value (law)
• Value (semiotics)
• Value (colorimetry) -- a measure of white or black in color