face value

1. 1.

   the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value

   Synonymspar valuenominal value

   Broadervalue
2. 2.

   the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth

   Broadersemblance

Questions about face value

What does face value mean?

face value means "the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for face value?

Close synonyms include par value, nominal value. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is face value a common word?

face value is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.