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What you'll pay for, even when the price tag whispers otherwise.
means The worth or importance of something, whether measured in money, usefulness, or how much it matters to you.
from From Latin 'valere,' meaning 'to be strong, to be worth,' which gave Old French 'value' — literally the feminine past participle, 'having been worth.' The same sturdy root stands behind 'valiant,' 'valid,' and 'prevail,' so at heart value is about strength: what holds up, what counts, what can carry its own weight.
- latin root
- From valere, meaning to be strong or worthy
- subjective
- Diamonds outprice water despite water keeping you alive
- economics split
- Use-value and exchange-value rarely agree
- perceived
- Brands sell the same goods at triple by reputation
- math too
- Absolute value strips the minus, keeping only magnitude
for instance
the mona lisa — estimated worth $850 million, painted by leonardo da vinci around 1503-1519
bitcoin — reached $69,000 per coin in november 2021, created in 2009 as first cryptocurrency