valued

[val-yood]

adjective

1. highly regarded or esteemed.

   a valued friend.

2. estimated; appraised.

   jewels valued at $100,000.

3. having value of a specified kind.

   a triple-valued offer.

Other Word Forms

• nonvalued adjective
• quasi-valued adjective
• self-valued adjective
• unvalued adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of valued¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; value + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Gold generates no income, so whether it is correctly valued at $4,000 for a troy ounce is impossible to assess.

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A deal with Aligned, which is valued at $40 billion including debt, would be the first bite and could come together by early next week, the people said.

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II, an affiliate of Ares Management, in a deal that valued the startup at about $2.5 billion.

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Audiences in fast-growing markets like China often valued spectacle over narrative consistency, so it didn’t seem to matter if the movies strayed far from their roots.

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It currently owns properties valued at roughly $9 billion, one of the people said.

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