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street value

street value noun: the price of an illicit drug sold on the street (i.e., on the black market); the price of any illicit thing sold in this way (such as stolen goods being fenced).

Noun

street value (countable and uncountable, plural street values)

  1. The price of an illicit drug sold on the street (i.e., on the black market); the price of any illicit thing sold in this way (such as stolen goods being fenced).
    • At the time, the street value of a kilo of cocaine had recently risen to half again the former price, as enforcement cracked down on the supply.
    • It is hard to estimate the street value of the stolen goods, as such values are constantly shifting as circumstances change, but police estimated that it could not be less than forty thousand dollars.

Forms of street value

pluralstreet values

Questions about street value

What does street value mean?
Street value means the price of an illicit drug sold on the street (i.e., on the black market); the price of any illicit thing sold in this way (such as stolen goods being fenced).
What part of speech is street value?
Street value is a noun.
What is the plural of street value?
The plural of street value is street values.

Words near street value in the dictionary

  1. street theaters
  2. street theatre
  3. street theatres
  4. street urchin
  5. street urchins
  6. street value
  7. street values
  8. street walker
  9. street walkers
  10. street wisdom
  11. street work

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