appraisal
or ap·praise·ment
the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
an estimate of value, as for sale, assessment, or taxation; valuation.
an estimate or considered opinion of the nature, quality, importance, etc: the critics' appraisal of pop art; an incorrect appraisal of public opinion.
Origin of appraisal
1Other words from appraisal
- mis·ap·prais·al, noun
- o·ver·ap·prais·al, noun
- re·ap·prais·al, noun
- self-ap·prais·al, noun
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How to use appraisal in a sentence
One email that NBC 7 published even suggested that officials had intentionally inflated an appraisal to get it closer to the sales price.
Morning Report: Explosive Account in Jail Death Case | Voice of San Diego | September 4, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe customer provides the lender all the information for income and asset verification and also marshals the services the lender requires, from securing an appraisal to getting a mortgage as well as flood and title insurance.
First he took energy trading and the NYSE electronic. Now Jeff Sprecher of ICE shares his plans to digitize your mortgage | Shawn Tully | September 2, 2020 | FortuneThe most generous appraisal one can lend a stock split is reading it as a vote of confidence by a company’s board that they believe in the underlying health and future growth prospects of the company.
Investors riding high on Apple and Tesla stock splits could get clipped, data shows | rhhackettfortune | August 31, 2020 | FortuneThe report released this week made clear, and confirmed other reporting, that the city’s real estate assets department did not do any thorough inspection or appraisal of the building.
Politics Report: Mara Elliott, Plumber | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | August 1, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe shuttered indoor skydiving center that the city last year converted into a homeless service hub will soon get an independent appraisal at a federal housing agency’s request.
Morning Report: Local Pension Funds Scraped by in the Pandemic | Voice of San Diego | July 24, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The late naughts marked the beginning of an entirely new form of restaurant appraisal: the mass critique.
Thomas, however, reveals she is actually far more understanding in her appraisal of Girls.
Marlo Thomas Says Girls Should Feel Free to Be Like Hannah Horvath | Emily Shire | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLocker room talk is the physical appraisal of a new female checking into the section.
‘Slut, Bitch, Dyke’—Joan of Arc and the Modern Military Woman | Mariette Kalinowski | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are gaps not only in our legal appraisal of this bind, but also in our view of the sexual dynamics of ASDs.
Autism and Child Pornography: A Toxic Combination | Eustacia Cutler | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe researchers may also include a critical appraisal of the trial they report in the discussion.
Objectionable publications, films, broadcasting, and television have been the subject of expert appraisal in many countries.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.With the more abundant material now available, such an appraisal would be worth-while.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus | Walter W. DalquestRather than expressing any resentment of his appraisal, it suggested that her resistance to his demands would be merely formal.
The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown FyfeThe cost of logging under the methods of marking adopted is compensated fully in the stumpage appraisal.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerHis eyes swept me from head to foot, with an instinctive glance of appraisal, as he shook hands.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
British Dictionary definitions for appraisal
appraisement
/ (əˈpreɪzəl) /
an assessment or estimation of the worth, value, or quality of a person or thing: See also performance appraisal
a valuation of property or goods
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Cultural definitions for appraisal
A formal evaluation of property by an expert, used to establish its market value.
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