"face value" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: En-au-face value.ogg Forms: face values [plural]
  1. Valeur faciale.
    Sense id: fr-face_value-en-noun-YMKGHvjo Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de l’économie
  2. Sens strict et littéral ; ce qui est annoncé, ni plus ni moins. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-face_value-en-noun-hfQBQu6V Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: to accept at face value, on the face of it, to take at face value
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