"add value" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: adds value [present, singular, third-person], adding value [participle, present], added value [participle, past], added value [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} add value (third-person singular simple present adds value, present participle adding value, simple past and past participle added value)
  1. (intransitive, business, management) To make a product or service more desirable or useful. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Business, Management
    Sense id: en-add_value-en-verb-en:make_a_product_or_service_more_desirable_or_useful Topics: business, management
  2. (especially Hong Kong) To top up. Tags: Hong-Kong, especially
    Sense id: en-add_value-en-verb-en:add_to_a_balance_in_an_account Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English predicates: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: added value, add value machine, surplus value, value-add, value added, value added tax, VAT, value chain

Inflected forms

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        "To top up."
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        "(especially Hong Kong) To top up."
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