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Origin of par value

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby par value

party wall, party whip, parula, parulis, parure, par value, Parvanov, Pārvatī, parve, parvenu, parvenue

How to use par value in a sentence

But there's a ton of value for me in my background and my history, and losing it would be a shame.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
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As Randy notes, “Maybe there is a value in shining a light on this and asking the questions.”
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Canned drinks like Mercy contain up 5,000 percent of the daily value of certain vitamins.
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For me and some of my students, 2014 was the year of rediscovering old resources whose value is not exhausted yet.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Was a pupil of Caspar Netscher of Heidelberg, whose little pictures are of fabulous value.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The intellectual temperament finds voice in many great expressions, which are very Dante and also very Thomas, as Par.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for par value

par value

noun

the value imprinted on the face of a share certificate or bond and used to assess dividend, capital ownership, or interestAlso called: face value Compare market value, book value (def. 2)

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