add value

verb

To make a product or service more desirable or useful.

“A flour mill adds value to cereal grain by grinding it into meal or flour.”

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Meanings

verbadd value (third-person singular simple present adds value, present participle adding value, simple past and past participle added value)

present singular third person adds value · participle present adding value · participle past added value · past added value

  1. intransitivebusinessTo make a product or service more desirable or useful.

    A flour mill adds value to cereal grain by grinding it into meal or flour.

    2 more examples

    An oil refinery adds value to crude oil by distilling it into various desired intermediates and end products.

    The new website with additional features will really add value for our customers.

  2. Hong KongespeciallyTo top up.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
top up
Cite this entry
APA

add value. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20value

MLA

“add value.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20value. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “add value,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20value.

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