1. Mérite.
2. Capacité.
3. Qualité. Un homme de valeur.
4. Sens. La valeur d'un mot.
5. Courage. La valeur d'un combattant.
6. Prix.
7. Cote. La valeur d'un tableau.
8. Action (ou obligation). Une valeur boursière.
ETYM Old Eng. avantage, avauntage, French avantage, from avant before. Related to Advance, Vantage.
The quality of having a superior or more favorable position; SYN. vantage.
Benefit resulting from some event or action
ETYM Old Eng. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, French bienfait, from Latin benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. Related to Bounty, and Fact.
1. A performance to raise money for a charitable cause.
2. Financial assistance in time of need.
3. Something that aids or promotes well-being; SYN. welfare.
ETYM French mérite, Latin meritum, from merere, mereri, to deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share; akin to Greek meros part. Related to Market, Merchant, Mercer, Mercy.
Any admirable quality or attribute; SYN. virtue.
ETYM French qualité, Latin qualitas, from qualis how constituted, as; akin to Eng. which. Related to Which.
1. A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; SYN. character, lineament.
2. A degree or grade of excellence or worth; SYN. caliber, calibre.
3. An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.
4. High social status.
ETYM Old Fren. value, from valoir, p. p. valu, to be worth, from Latin valere to be strong, to be worth. Related to Valiant.
1. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; SYN. economic value.
2. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
3. A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
4. An ideal accepted by some individual or group.
5. Relative darkness or lightness of a color.
6. (Music) The relative duration of a musical note; SYN. time value, note value.
ETYM Old Eng. worth, wurth, as. weorth, wurth; weorth, wurth, adj . Related to Worth.
1. An indefinite quantity of something having a specified value.
2. The quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful.
The quality or state of having merit or value.