no more than the 5 Ounces of Gold. And tho the 5 Ounces of Gold, the 20 lib. Silver Money, and the Acre of Land, be now equal in value; yet they cannot well continue so: For as I have shown already, and disproportion'd Change in the Quality, Quantity, or in the Demand of either of them, will make the same Quantity of the others. Land is what in all appearance will keep its Value best, it may rise in value, but cannot well fall: Gold or Silver are lyable to many Accidents, whereby their Value may lessen; but cannot well rise in value.英文原著 · 《Money and Trade Considered》
We can take only that which has a value for a common measure of value, that which is received in commerce in exchange for other properties; and there is no universal representative pledge of value, but something of equal value. A money of convention is therefore a thing impossible.英文原著 · 《Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of wealth》
The fall in the value of money. At the time of the Norman Conquest, silver coins were rare, and their value high. But, in exchange for cloth and wool, of arrows and spears, of mountain ponies and cattle, coins came in great numbers, and it was easier for the serf to earn them. That is the value of coins became less.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
(vi) A Devonshire manor.(65*) Value, 3s. All seems to be in demesne; we see no tenants and no stock. (vii) A Somersetshire manor(66*) occupied by one villein. We read nothing of any stock. Value, 15d. (viii) A Somersetshire manor(67*) with 3 bordiers on it. Value, 4s. (ix) A Somersetshire manor(68*) with one bordier on it.英文原著 · 《Domesday Book and Beyond》
Value, 4s.(77*) (vii) In Torp a free man held 20 acres for a manor. One team; wood for 5 pigs. Value, 40d.(78*) (viii) In Tudenham AElfric the deacon, a free man, held 12 acres for a manor. One team, 3 bordiers, 2 acres of meadow, 1 rouncey, 2 beasts that do not plough, 11 pigs, 40 sheep. Value, 3s.(79*)英文原著 · 《Domesday Book and Beyond》
I would likewise have you attend to the respective coins, gold, silver, copper, etc., and their value, compared with our coin's; for which purpose I would advise you to put up, in a separate piece of paper, one piece of every kind, wherever you shall be, writing upon it the name and the value. Such a collection will be curious enough in itself; and that sort of knowledge will be very useful to you in your way of business, where the different value of money often comes in question.英文原著 · 《Letters to His Son, 1748》
I just sometimes think maybe you would appreciate the value of a dollar more if you had to work outside the home. and I think you would appreciate my value more if, for once, you had to cook your own food and wash your own clothes.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
Fiona stole our building to protect her precious property value, so now we're taking her property value into our own hands.美剧 · 《Shameless》
Well, it means you value yourself only as others value you, Which is often the result of unmet childhood emotional needs.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》