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Valuable Consideration(money)
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VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, contracts(law)

valuable (iou)



valuable adjective & noun. L16.
[from VALUE verb + -ABLE. Cf. earlier UNVALUABLE.]
A. adjective.
Of material or monetary value; capable of commanding a high price; precious. L16.
valuable consideration Law a consideration deemed to be valuable in a legal sense.
Daily Star Conmen..tricking the elderly into handing over valuable heirloomsfor peanuts.
Able to be valued. rare. Only in 17.
Having considerable importance or worth; of great use or benefit; having qualities which confer value. M17.
S. Wynter If you could spare me some of your valuable time to grant me some meaningful advice. H. Bascom This man is going to be valuable to us. He is a hunter. Independent They put..Horne into the right-back position,..depriving them of his valuable midfield industry.
b. Of a person: entitled to consideration or distinction; estimable. M17-E19.
b. noun. A valuable article or thing; esp. a small item of personal property. Usu. in pl. L18.
R. C. Hutchinson I've put some of my valuables in the bank.
valuableness noun valuable quality; worth, importance: L17.
valuably adverb (a) in a valuable manner, so as to be valuable or highly useful; (b) rare with equivalence of value: E17.