cash value

nounInsurance.

the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.

Origin of cash value

First recorded in 1895–1900

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The determination of the cash value of the rent where the crop is shared is a very difficult task.
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The amount of municipal and local aid can only be a matter of guess work, even nominally, to say nothing of its real cash value.
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The government to pay full cash value for slaves voluntarily manumitted by their owners.
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The saving in lime is stated to be one ton for each ton of sodium carbonate produced, or in cash value about 10s.
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Has this code any social "cash value" when it is brought to bear on the lawyer's clerk who forged a cheque to save a woman?
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