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good value

good value noun: something that is well worth the money paid for it.

Noun

good value (plural good values)

  1. Something that is well worth the money paid for it.
    • it's not cheap, it's good value
    • It is no matter how high-priced a sheep is, just so he is a good value.1910, Iowa Department of Agriculture, The Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, volume 10, page 475
    Synonyms:
    value for money
  2. (Australia, UK, idiomatic, slang) Someone who is friendly and easy-going.
    • He is a good value—earnest, sympathetic, solid to the bone and not overcomplicated—just the way you′d hope your undertaker would be.2007, Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land, page 95
  3. (Australia, UK, idiomatic, slang) Someone who is funny or witty.
    • ‘Not anymore,’ she said, quickly ‘But he′s worth his weight in gold at a party. He always has something to say, and most of the time it′s interesting. That reflects well on me for inviting him.’
      ‘He is a good value.’2003, David Philip Reiter, Interactive Publications, Liars and Lovers, page 79
    • Hugh Grant is always good value, and Martin Freeman and Joanna Page do very well as a couple who fall in love while working as stand-ins for what is apparently an expensively produced hardcore porn film.2003 November 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Love Actually”, in The Guardian

Examples of good value in a sentence

  • She is a good value at £594 in standard form, but a suitable 40 hp engine and a trailer would raise the total price to well over £1000 (Microplas Ltd., Homewood Road, Mitcham, Surrey).1973, The Autocar, volume 138, page 11:
  • The announcement of the Railways Bill on November 5 included comments that rolling stock owning companies (ROSCOs) must provide good value for money.2025 November 26, David Stubbings, “News: Rolling stock strategy 'will give clarity'”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 6:

Synonyms of good value

Forms of good value

pluralgood values

Questions about good value

What does good value mean?
Good value means something that is well worth the money paid for it.
How do you use good value in a sentence?
She is a good value at £594 in standard form, but a suitable 40 hp engine and a trailer would raise the total price to well over £1000 (Microplas Ltd., Homewood Road, Mitcham, Surrey).
What part of speech is good value?
Good value is a noun.
What is the plural of good value?
The plural of good value is good values.

Words near good value in the dictionary

  1. good trouble
  2. good try
  3. good tsar, bad boyars
  4. good turn
  5. good turns
  6. good value
  7. good values
  8. good voice to beg bacon
  9. Good Wednesday
  10. good will
  11. good willer

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