place value

noun

: the value of the place of a digit in a numeral

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for place value

• eigenvalue
• undervalue

Kids Definition

place value

noun

: the value of the location of a digit in a number

in 425 the location of the digit 2 has a place value of ten while the digit itself indicates that there are two tens