The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
There is tremendous value in a good education.
The degree of importance given to something.
The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
He does not share his parents' values.
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“t...
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To hold dear; to cherish.
I value these old photographs.