- the value of a stamp, coin, ticket, etc. that is shown on the front of it
- Tickets were changing hands at three times their face value.
Idioms
See face value in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee face value in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishtake something at face value
- to believe that something is what it appears to be, without questioning it
- Taken at face value, the figures look very encouraging.
- You shouldn't take anything she says at face value.
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