test of value
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With reference, then, to all articles sold in open market, it is safe to say that the only test of value is the price which the public is willing to pay.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
In such an exchange no basis of value is reached, but in any ordinary bargain the final adjustment will be as nearly as possibly upon the test of value in the market.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
Probably the best test of value is one with which I was familiar some years ago.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
But a hundred volumes in order to raise £50 must sell at an average of ten shillings apiece, and in the light of such a test of value he regarded dismayfully the victims.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton
These workers must be the central figures, and how their material, intellectual, and spiritual needs are met must be the test of value of the social order we evolve.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William
