Value
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
The relative worth or importance of an investment for an enterprise, as perceived by its key stakeholders, expressed as total life cycle benefits net of related costs, adjusted for risk and (in the case of financial value) the time value of money
Framework senses
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- The relative worth or importance of an investment for an enterprise, as perceived by its key stakeholders, expressed as total life cycle benefits net of related costs, adjusted for risk and (in the case of financial value) the time value of money
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- relative darkness or lightness of a color
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- the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
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- a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
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- an ideal accepted by some individual or group
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- the amount of money, goods, or services that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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- (music) the relative duration of a musical note