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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 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

Officers found counterfeit stock with a street value of around £800,000 in a property in Manchester early on Tuesday, police said.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2023

With the street value of those pesos only a quarter of the official rate, few people would want to trade dollars for pesos at a state-run exchange house.

From Seattle Times May 24, 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

Police say it has a street value of $1.6 million.

From Washington Times May 18, 2016

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