valuation
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the act of valuing, esp a formal assessment of the worth of property, jewellery, etc
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the price arrived at by the process of valuing
the valuation of this property is considerable
I set a high valuation on technical ability
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The process of figuring out exactly how much something is worth is known as valuation. Before you sell your old Pokemon cards, you should take them to an expert for a valuation. Whenever you determine the monetary value of something, that's valuation. However, you're most likely to come across this word in the context of banking or finance. The valuation of a company affects whether or not investors are interested in it, and the valuation of stocks determines how much a stockholder makes when she sells them. Valuation shares a root with value, from the Latin root valere, "be strong, be worth."
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Analysts note that the valuation Anthropic sets will constrain OpenAI’s ability to set its own price when it goes public.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Their faith and enthusiasm helped the company’s valuation reach a level that surpasses the next 30 largest automakers’ combined—despite ranking 12th in U.S. sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Commerzbank currency strategists led by Volkmar Baur crunched the numbers on the IPO that’s intended to raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX — which operates the chatbot Grok — is going public on Friday at a valuation of $1.8 trillion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Perhaps it was because Arthur was always a simple fellow, who took people at their own valuation easily.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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