at face value

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at face value

from outward appearance; from what something first appears to be. (From the value printed on the "face" of a coin or bank note.) Don't just accept her offer at face value. Think of the implications. Joan tends to take people at face value and so she is always getting hurt.

See also: face, value

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If you'd bought four tickets for each event in the Tixdaq 100 at face value on 10 February, your £20,000-odd investment would now be worth £43,400,' said Tixdaq founder Will Muirhead. Ticket touting beats the stock market every time by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Series I Bonds : These bonds are available at face value only. Saving Bonds by Claire Quaty / Finance and Investment community Ms Jowell also called on the industry to set up a returns policy whereby fans can return tickets at face value to the original sellers if they are unable to attend the event. Action threat over touts by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			at a stretch at a time at all costs at all hours at all times at an early date at an end at any cost at any price at any rate at bay at beck and call at best at close range at convenience at cross purposes at cross-purposes at death's door at doorstep at each other's throats at earliest convenience at ease at elbow at every turn at expense at face value at fault at fingertips at first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first light at first sight at full blast at full speed at full strength at full stretch at great length at half-mast at hand at hazard at heart at heels at home at home with at issue at it again at knee at large at last			at disposal at doorstep at each other's throats at earliest convenience at earliest convenience at earliest convenience at ease at ease at ease at ease at ease at elbow at elbow at elbow at elbow at elbow At erst at every corner at every corner at every corner at every corner at every turn at every turn at every turn at every turn at every turn at expense at expense at expense at expense at face value at father's knee at father's knee at father's knee at fault at fault at fault at fault at fault at feet at feet at feet at feet at fingertips at fingertips at fingertips at fingertips at first at first at first at first blush at first blush at first glance at first glance at first glance at first glance at first hand at first hand At First Light at first sight at first sight

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