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future value

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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

Grant said he tried to make the deal work, but ultimately determined the tax would gobble up too much of the project’s future value.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Needham analyst Joseph Stringer recently described these programs as Moderna’s “major future value drivers.”

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Combined with the move towards colour, the black and white story was thought to have little future value and consigned to the bin.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

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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