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value-added

[ val-yoo-ad-id ]

noun

  1. something, as an item of equipment, that has been added to a product by a marketer or distributor to warrant a markup in the retail price.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or supplying value-added:

    software supplied by a value-added distributor.

value added

noun

  1. the difference between the total revenues of a firm, industry, etc, and its total purchases from other firms, industries, etc. The aggregate of values added throughout an economy ( gross value added ) represents that economy's gross domestic product
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of value-added1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

In many instances, high-value-added manufacturing operations require the on-site presence of government workers.

He seemed skeptical, asking me if forward-deployed academics were value-added.

The paper's authors, who include Mike Lind, suggest a possible value-added tax as a way to raise the revenue.

Value Added Tax:  Huge revenue-raiser, which is why Republicans hate it.

I may be wrong on this next point, but I'm fairly certain that all 10 have a value-added tax too.

Brains tend to grow exponentially through interaction and they have an unparalleled economic value added.

Yugoslavia was rather self sufficient and conducted much of its value added and trading activities in-house.

It is money that generates new value added (by facilitating the introduction of new technology, to mention but one function).

Chandeliers of exquisite design and great value added to the splendor of the saloons.

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