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street value

British  

noun

  1. the monetary worth of a commodity, usually an illicit commodity such as a drug, considered as the price it would fetch when sold to the ultimate user

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Royal Navy quoted a street value of £160m.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

The packages weighed 4,587 pounds in total, with an estimated street value of $5 million, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

“In those cases, the thieves realized that the contents of the van had little to no street value and abandoned the vehicles,” the statement said.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

Authorities estimate the animals smuggled by Perez exceeded $739,000 in street value.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2022

She is an administrative assistant in a state-run health clinic, but Venezuela’s currency has tumbled so far that her salary amounts to only about $1 a day at the current street value.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2016

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