Face

Definition - Noun
1 a  : outward appearance
b  : the surface or superficial reading or meaning of something (as a document or statute) that does not take into account outside information <the ~ of [the] deed reveals that she had two purposes in mind State v. Rand, 366 A.2d 183 (1976)> often used in the phrases on its face and on the face of <is...neutral on its face but has a discriminatory effect on women Marcia Coyle> <did not see on the face of the amendment that it was precisely directed at public as distinguished from private destruction O'Brien v. United States, 376 F.2d 538 (1967)>
2  : the inscribed or printed side of something (as a document)
broadly
: the front side of something inscribed or printed on both sides <the ~ of a stock certificate>
3  : See also face value

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