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:When culture can be '''bought and sold''', [[taste]] becomes an increasingly useful social marker. It was commerce that gave 'culture' to the middle classes, but commerce could also sully it. So the Georgians set about building a national culture - from the plays of Shakespeare to the music of Handel - that only the qualified could properly enjoy. As this culture widened, paradoxically the separation of [[high]] and [[low]] ('polite' and 'vulgar') sharpened. -- [[John Mullan]] :When culture can be '''bought and sold''', [[taste]] becomes an increasingly useful social marker. It was commerce that gave 'culture' to the middle classes, but commerce could also sully it. So the Georgians set about building a national culture - from the plays of Shakespeare to the music of Handel - that only the qualified could properly enjoy. As this culture widened, paradoxically the separation of [[high]] and [[low]] ('polite' and 'vulgar') sharpened. -- [[John Mullan]]
 +# The [[quality]] (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or [[valuable]]
 +#: ''The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious '''value''' in the modern world.''
 +# The [[degree]] of [[importance]] you give to something.
 +#: ''The '''value''' of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
 +# The [[amount]] (of [[money]] or [[goods]] or [[services]]) that is considered to be a fair [[equivalent]] for something else
 +#: ''He tried to estimate the '''value''' of the produce at normal prices.''
 +# [[numerical|Numerical]] [[quantity]] measured or [[assign]]ed or [[compute]]d.
 +#: ''The exact '''value''' of pi can never be computed.''
'''Value''' can refer to: '''Value''' can refer to:
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*[[Theory of value]] for more general discussions of economic value. *[[Theory of value]] for more general discussions of economic value.
*[[Moral character]] *[[Moral character]]
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 +====Synonyms====
 +* ''(quality that renders something desirable)'' [[worth]]
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When culture can be bought and sold, taste becomes an increasingly useful social marker. It was commerce that gave 'culture' to the middle classes, but commerce could also sully it. So the Georgians set about building a national culture - from the plays of Shakespeare to the music of Handel - that only the qualified could properly enjoy. As this culture widened, paradoxically the separation of high and low ('polite' and 'vulgar') sharpened. -- John Mullan
  1. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
    The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
  2. The degree of importance you give to something.
    The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
  3. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
    He tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices.
  4. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
    The exact value of pi can never be computed.

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  • (quality that renders something desirable) worth




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