face value

face value
{n.} 1. The worth or price printed on a stamp, bond, note, piece of paper money, etc. * /The savings bond had a face value of $25./ 2. The seeming worth or truth of something. * /She took his stories at face value and did not know he was joking./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • face value — If you take something at face value, you accept the appearance rather than looking deeper into the matter …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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