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face value:

Definitions:

  1. the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
  2. the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth

Examples:

  1. a total of 145,000 coins , and you 've got a tonne . On their face value , those coins are worth just £ 2,900 . But taking them to a scrap
  2. that is a part of this world-view . Nothing comes from nothing . Taken at face value this statement , whether or not it is seen as such , is a paradoxical
  3. should be returned by the official receiver with the bonds . On redemption , the face value will be received , together with any unclaimed winnings . Any winnings should be treated
  4. compliance " with the regulations evidently means that the claims made may be taken at face value , as an objective and unexaggerated statement of the characteristics of the product . In
  5. name in 12 ' tall letters . Tickets would be changing hands at 20 times face value outside the venue , there would be 200 groupies lined up at the stage door

Step 1: Select the definition of face value which occurs most of the times in the above examples. Ignore other definitions.

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