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• value-added
  value-added

  noun

  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.
• value added
  value added

  noun

  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

value-added

American  

[val-yoo-ad-id] / ˈvæl juˈæd ɪd /

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.

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adjective

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

   software supplied by a value-added distributor.

value added British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of value-added

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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value-added value added

Those stocks recently derated to 22 times forward earnings, despite networks connecting billions of consumers and value-added services that drive 30% to 40% of revenues.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Growth in Mastercard’s payment network and value-added services helped boost sales, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

His guiding principle is simple: focus on key local resources, process them locally, create skilled jobs, and export value-added products through public-private partnerships.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Although he has tried to bolster state finances by raising Russia’s value-added tax and confiscating the wealth of certain oligarchs, he has shielded wartime spending from broader budget cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

She carefully tore out the definition of value-added from the booklet and put it in her lock box.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

The study also found the event generated £3.45m in gross value added and created 3,099 one-week temporary jobs for Manchester-based workers, equivalent to 15,497 days of employment.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

What’s more, the value added by his investment may not exactly correspond to the amount he spends on it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Smaller accounts regurgitated Owens’ claims in their own videos, with no apparent value added.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

For example, the value added by a manufacturer is its sales minus inputs such as parts and raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Their numbers elsewhere, their wide distribution within the Park, their relatively small commercial value, added to the danger attendant on killing them within the Park, is a sufficient protection.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various