n.
      - the regard that something is held to deserve; importance or worth. 
▸material or monetary worth.
 ▸the worth of something compared to its price:
 at £12.50 the book is good value.
 - 
(values)
 principles or standards of behaviour.
 - the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number.
 - Music  the relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
 - Linguistics  the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit. 
▸the sound represented by a letter or symbol.
 - the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a colour.
 
v.
 (values, valuing, valued)
  - estimate the value of.
 - consider to be important or beneficial.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - valueless adj.
  - valuelessness n.
  - valuer n. (Brit.).
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., fem. past part. of valoir ‘be worth’, from L. valere.