face value

See also: face-value

English

The term exists because a contrast between nominal value and market value is sometimes materially relevant for currencies.

face value (countable and uncountable, plural face values)

The amount or value listed on a bill, card, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.
(idiomatic) No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.
Please take this comment at face value and don't try to read anything into it.
- 2020 June 3, Sam Mullins OBE discusses with Stefanie Foster, “LTM: a new chapter begins at 40”, in Rail, page 52:
  Few museums have such a coherent collection that covers so many different areas of interest as the London Transport Museum. At face value, it is a collection of urban transport in London. In reality, it is so much more.

the stated value or amount

Catalan: valor facial m, valor nominal m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 面值 (zh) (miànzhí), 票面金額 / 票面金额 (piàomiàn jīn'é)
Czech: nominální hodnota f
Danish: pålydende n, pålydende værdi
Dutch: nominale waarde f, naamwaarde f
Estonian: nimiväärtus
Finnish: nimellisarvo (fi)
French: valeur faciale (fr) f, valeur nominale (fr) f
German: Nennwert (de) m
Greek: ονομαστική αξία (el) (onomastikí axía)
Hungarian: névérték (hu)
Irish: luach ainmniúil m
Italian: valore nominale (it) m, valore facciale m (uncommon)
Japanese: 額面 (ja) (がくめん, gakumen)
Kyrgyz: номиналдык нарк (ky) m (nominaldık nark)
Latvian: nomināls m, nominālvērtība f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pålydende verdi m, valør (no) m

Nynorsk: pålydande verdi m, valør m
Polish: wartość nominalna f, nominał (pl) m
Portuguese: valor nominal m
Russian: номина́льная сто́имость f (nominálʹnaja stóimostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: номинална вредност f, номинална вриједност f

Latin: nominalna vrednost f, nominalna vrijednost f
Spanish: valor facial m, valor nominal (es) m
Swedish: nominalvärde n, valör (sv) c
Welsh: wynebwerth (cy), gwerth enwol m

no more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation