exchange value
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexchangeandvalue
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exchange
noun
uk/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/us/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
the act of giving something to someone and them giving you ...
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value
noun
uk/ˈvæl.juː/us/ˈvæl.juː/
the amount of money that can be received ...
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(Definition ofexchangeandvaluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexchange value
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This capacity constitutes theexchangevalueof those products, the market itself being the institution that validates this capacity.
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Particularly in sales charts, the quality of a record is equated with itsexchangevalue, as the ranking depends on the number of items sold.
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It does alter their meaning, theirexchangevalueand even the practical uses ascribed to them.
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All of ethics presupposes such an initiating agreement about signs and theirexchangevalue, including labor, commodity, self, and truth claim.
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Economic contribution consists in acts that help create economic value (understood asexchangevalue).
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Grain was also used for making alcohol, which of course increased its durability andexchangevalue.
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His notion of property, to which he devotes a whole chapter, relies upon concrete notions and upon a certain distinction between use-value andexchangevalue.
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An object could be a use-value orexchangevaluedepending on what you did with it.
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Now if 0.72 liang of debased silver is employed in trade at anexchangevalueof 1,000-plus copper coins, prices will become falsely inflated.
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Language and community are uncoupled and redefined as commodities withexchangevaluein the globalized market for services and information.
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In addition, by giving a tape anexchangevalue(it is worth another tape), traders themselves may also be engaged in a process of commodification.
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The more collectors value objects for their uniqueness, the more in demand they are, and hence the more defined by theirexchangevalue.
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Cast from their wearers, the rags are only worn symbols of occupations andexchangevalue.
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Bread as a metaphor for money misleadingly concretizes the cash economy as one of use value rather thanexchangevalue.
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Along with buttons, which were put to a similar purpose, they were portable tokens that, for a time, epitomized foreignexchangevaluebeyond the colonial frontier.
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Theexchangevalueof a thing is created, not only by the actions of those who purchase it, but also by the existence of demand by others to purchase it.
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Keane exemplifies this complex discussion by exploring the problem of meat, and its status as nutrition, as sociability, as commodity, as ritual presence - itsexchangevalue, use value, and spirit.
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At that time it was expected that theexchangevaluewould continue about that figure, though it could not be definitely guaranteed.
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