high-value

Meanings

1. 1adjectivebefore a noun

   Worth a lot of money, or important and useful enough to be treated with special care.

   Grammar: Usually comes before a noun: high-value goods, a high-value customer.

   Patterns

   • high-value goods
   • a high-value customer
   • high-value data

   The shop keeps high-value jewelry in a locked case.

   Banks offer special services to high-value clients.

   Thieves often target high-value equipment such as laptops.

2. 2adjectivebefore a nounbusiness

   In business, describing work or tasks that add a lot of worth to a company or product.

   Grammar: Used before a noun, often in business writing: high-value work, high-value activities.

   Patterns

   • high-value work
   • high-value activities
   • high-value tasks

   Managers should spend more time on high-value work.

   The team cut low-value meetings and focused on high-value tasks.

   Training staff is a high-value investment for the company.

Word forms

Common combinations

high-value goods

Insurance is essential when you ship high-value goods.

high-value customer

The airline gives high-value customers extra luggage allowance.

high-value target

The warehouse was seen as a high-value target by thieves.

high-value data

Companies must protect high-value data such as payment details.

high-value work

Automation lets staff focus on high-value work.

Synonyms and how they differ

valuable

Valuable is the general everyday word; high-value is more formal and common in business and security contexts.

premium

Premium suggests top quality or a higher price, while high-value stresses monetary worth or importance.

expensive

Expensive simply means costing a lot; high-value can also mean important or useful, not only costly.

Opposites

Word family

value noun

The amount of money something is worth, or its importance.

value verb

To think that something is important, or to decide how much it is worth.

valued adjective

Considered important or appreciated.

Commonly confused: high-value or high valued?

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