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economic value

economic value

5 3.3
The amount of money something is worth when it is bought or sold
  • noun
  • /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk ˈvæljuː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : valor económico
  • Their findings also suggest that the market places a higher economic value on the skills represented by manufacturing credentials.
  • economic value of the services
  • estimate the economic value
  • economic value of ecosystems

Maybe fire has a positive economic value if we know how to measure it.

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Examples

  • For, oil revenue in turn represents economic value to Western firms, especially American and British banking institutions.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The Arctic is a region of both proven economic value and untapped potential.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Maybe fire has a positive economic value if we know how to measure it.

  • But this gives you the sense of the power of and the value, the economic value of data, machine learning and the like.

  • Obviously, ideas have value, but they have very little economic value until somebody does something with them.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Thus, the IS clearly provides economic value to the users, proportional to the extent it improves their decisions.

    Academic text (2001)
  • New food products and markets are needed to increase the economic value of the menhaden resource.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The blue shark, for example, is an abundant species, and because of its low economic value, many are released.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The taxes they collect from local transporters ensure that the full economic value of fuelwood is reflected in its price.

    Academic text (1999)
  • As soon as electric lighting proved its economic value, it was adopted by industry.

Synonyms

value
vseconomic value
1.3

How much something is worth in money or how useful it is

focuses on a fair exchange equivalent in money goods or services
worth
vseconomic value
485 1.4

An amount equal to a stated sum like five dollars

is about what is fair as an exchange in money goods or services
monetary value
vseconomic value
7 3.3

How much money something is worth

includes equivalents in goods or services rather than only money

Antonyms

A feeling that you have no value or importance

How Valuable

premium
74 4.3
market value
40 2.8
economic value
  • Specialized
5 3.3
book value
  • Specialized
4 4.7
nominal value
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

economic + value

The meaning 'the monetary or market worth of something' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'economic' (relating to the economy, money, or markets) with 'value' (worth). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase found across languages and follows normal English modifier+noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Economic value comes from the simple idea of putting a money 'price' on something. Think of a shop where each item has a tag: economic means money and value is how much it is worth, so the phrase means the money, goods, or services seen as a fair 'worth' when things are bought, sold, or compared.