Meaning of good value | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that is well worth the money paid for it.
2. Someone who is friendly and easy-going.
   Australia, UK, idiomatic, slang
3. Someone who is funny or witty.
   Australia, UK, idiomatic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“it's not cheap, it's good value”

“It is no matter⟳ how high-priced a sheep is, just so he is a good value.”

“Moreover, today we meet⟳ Bridie in theatre far too seldom : he is a better value, and more likely to live⟳ in record⟳, than the modish mayflies of our stage⟳.”

“She is a good value at £594 in standard form⟳, but a suitable 40 hp engine and a trailer would raise⟳ the total price to well over £1000 (Microplas Ltd., Homewood Road, Mitcham, Surrey).”

“1983, The Month, Issues 1384-1395, page 66, Audiences fill⟳ theatres where his work⟳ is staged. He is a good value. He never fails, which is not to say⟳ he always succeeds.”

“The announcement of the Railways Bill on November 5 included comments that rolling stock⟳ owning companies (ROSCOs) must provide⟳ good value for money.”

“He is a good value—earnest, sympathetic, solid to the bone and not overcomplicated—just the way you′d hope⟳ your undertaker would be.”

“‘Not anymore,’ she said, quickly ‘But he′s worth his weight in gold at a party. He always has something to say⟳, and most of the time it′s interesting. That reflects well on me for inviting him.’ ‘He is a good value.’”

“Hugh Grant is always good value, and Martin Freeman and Joanna Page do very well as a couple who fall⟳ in love⟳ while working as stand-ins for what is apparently an expensively produced hardcore porn film.”

“Friday, 17 July 1981 Yesterday: morning with Germaine Greer – she is a good value, stimulating company and completely ridiculous: for the original feminist she is hilariously man-mad.”

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