valeur ajoutée

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.lœʁ a.ʒu.te/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Noun

valeur ajoutée f (plural valeurs ajoutées)

  1. (economics, finance, accounting) value added (amount by which the value of an article is increased at each stage of its production, exclusive of initial costs)
    taxe sur la valeur ajoutéevalue added tax
  2. (figuratively) utility, use, added value (positive value difference produced by someone who adds value)
    Synonyms: plus-value, avantage, intérêt
    Je ne vois pas la valeur ajoutée de ce changement.I don't see the point of this change.