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add value

add value verb: to make a product or service more desirable or useful.

Verb

add value (third-person singular simple present adds value, present participle adding value, simple past and past participle added value)

  1. (intransitive) To make a product or service more desirable or useful.
    • An oil refinery adds value to crude oil by distilling it into various desired intermediates and end products.
    • A flour mill adds value to cereal grain by grinding it into meal or flour.
  2. (Hong-Kong, especially) To top up.

Forms of add value

third-person singular presentadds value
present participleadding value
past participleadded value
pastadded value

Questions about add value

What does add value mean?
Add value means to make a product or service more desirable or useful.
What part of speech is add value?
Add value is a verb.
What is the past tense of add value?
The past tense of add value is added value.

Words near add value in the dictionary

  1. add ons
  2. add salt to injury
  3. add to the list
  4. add up
  5. add up to
  6. add value
  7. add value machine
  8. add value machines
  9. add'l
  10. add-in
  11. add-ins

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