Intrinsic value
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Intrinsic value can refer to:
- Intrinsic value (finance)Intrinsic value (finance)In finance, intrinsic value refers to the value of a security which is intrinsic to or contained in the security itself. It is also frequently called fundamental value. It is ordinarily calculated by summing the future income generated by the asset, and discounting it to the present value...
, of an option or stock. - Intrinsic value (numismatics)Intrinsic value (numismatics)In commodity money, intrinsic value can be partially or entirely due to the desirable features of the object as a medium of exchange and a store of value. Examples of such features include divisibility; easily and securely storable and transportable; scarcity; and hard to counterfeit...
, of a coin. - Intrinsic value (ethics)Intrinsic value (ethics)Intrinsic value is an ethical and philosophic property. It is the ethical or philosophic value that an object has "in itself" or "for its own sake", as an intrinsic property...
, in ethics and philosophy. - Intrinsic value (animal ethics)Intrinsic value (animal ethics)The intrinsic value of an animal refers to the value it possesses in its own right, as an end-in-itself, as opposed to its Instrumental value, its value to other animals . The phrase has been adopted by animal rights advocates...
, in philosophy. - Intrinsic theory of valueIntrinsic theory of valueAn intrinsic theory of value is any theory of value in economics which holds that the value of an object, good or service, is intrinsic or contained in the item itself...
, an economic theory of worth.