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future value

British  

noun

  1. the value that a sum of money invested at compound interest will have after a specified period

"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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Instead of borrowing money and making monthly installments — like with a traditional mortgage — a company provides an upfront lump-sum in exchange for a percentage of your property’s future value or appreciation.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

New five-year data for Moderna’s personalized melanoma mRNA vaccine is seen as a key future value driver.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

“The future value here seems to be significantly larger than what we’re reporting today and the limitation is how quickly they can manufacture the chips.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

"And that is the future value of this work, not just to do what we do faster and better but also to do things we didn't think to do before."

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

All retained some small fraction of the loans they originated, and the companies were allowed to book as profit the expected future value of those loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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