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val·u·a·tion

 (văl′yo͞o-ā′shən)
n.
1. The act or process of assessing value or price; an appraisal.
2. Assessed value or price.
3. An estimation or appreciation of worth, merit, or character: set a high valuation on friendship.

val′u·a′tion·al adj.
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valuation

(ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən)
n
1. the act of valuing, esp a formal assessment of the worth of property, jewellery, etc
2. the price arrived at by the process of valuing: the valuation of this property is considerable; I set a high valuation on technical ability.
ˌvaluˈational adj
ˌvaluˈationally adv
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val•u•a•tion

(ˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən)

n.
1. the act of appraisal.
2. an estimated value.
3. the estimation or acknowledgment of the worth of something: to set a high valuation on heroism.
[1520–30]
val`u•a′tion•al, adj.
val`u•a′tion•al•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.valuation - an appraisal of the value of somethingvaluation - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship"
appraisal, assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
overvaluation - too high a value or price assigned to something
undervaluation - too low a value or price assigned to something
pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its price
reevaluation - the evaluation of something a second time (or more)
mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
bond rating - an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default; "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA"
2.valuation - assessed price; "the valuation of this property is much too high"
price, terms, damage - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
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valuation

noun costing, price, estimate, value, evaluation, quotation The valuations reflect prices at 1 April 1999.
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valuation

noun
1. The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone:
2. A measure of those qualities that determine merit, desirability, usefulness, or importance:
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Translations

valuation

[ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən] N
1. (= evaluation) [of property, house, assets, antique] → tasación f, valoración f
to make a valuation of sthtasar or valorar algo
2. (fig) [of person's character] → valoración f
to take sb at his own valuationaceptar todo lo que dice algn acerca de sí mismo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

valuation

[ˌvæljuˈeɪʃən] nestimation f
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valuation

n (= act)Schätzung f; (fig: of person’s character) → Einschätzung f; (= value decided upon)Schätzwert m, → Schätzung f; (fig)Beurteilung f; what’s your valuation of him?wie schätzen Sie ihn ein?; to have a valuation of a painting/house doneein Gemälde/Haus schätzen lassen; to make a correct valuation of somethingetw genau abschätzen; we shouldn’t take him at his own valuationwir sollten seine Selbsteinschätzung nicht einfach übernehmen
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valuation

[ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃn] n (of monetary worth) → valutazione f; (of quality) → valutazione, stima
what is your valuation of him? → che opinione ti sei fatto di lui?
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It was therefore necessary to have a valuation of the property, that it might be equally divided between Mrs.
"There ought to be a new valuation made from time to time," said Sir James.
In every country it is a herculean task to obtain a valuation of the land; in a country imperfectly settled and progressive in improvement, the difficulties are increased almost to impracticability.
of happiness on a valuation of one Billy, one Saxon, a Hazel, a Hattie, and a Possum."
And yet, much as she had liked him she had liked the bourgeois standard of valuation more.
In the North a carpenter got three dollars a day, gold valuation; in the South he got fifty -- pay- able in Confederate shinplasters worth a dollar a bushel.
These, Captain Bonneville purchased from them at a fair valuation, and sent them off astonished at their own wealth, and no doubt objects of envy to all their pitiful tribe.
Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it.
The day, according to any current valuation, had been a rather ridiculous failure; he had not so much as touched Madame Olenska's hand with his lips, or extracted one word from her that gave promise of farther opportunities.
I wasted a long time there trying to persuade Goork to accept me at my own valuation, but he was too canny.
It has dawned upon me that I have never placed a proper valuation upon womankind.
"Ah," says he, "if I hadn't been obliged to take that ugly article at the old broker's valuation, I might have got something comfortable for the money.