appraisal
noun
the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
appraisement
-
a variation of
appraisal.
Example Sentences
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He set aside $25,000 for a "contemporary appraisement . . . without fear, favor or prejudice" of the influence of Franklin D. Roosevelt on the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said the Board of Tax Appeals: press membership, circulation and "good will," while "factors in the appraisement of the business as a whole," are not "susceptible of separate and independent valuations."
From Time Magazine Archive
No one could expect, from a pen dipped in venom, a fair or impartial appraisement of Woodrow Wilson; especially from one who, where Woodrow Wilson's policies were concerned, was incapable of having a generous thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will merely be called upon to review and approve the appraisement, and in this regard I rely upon you absolutely, Wolfgang.
From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
I might well have looked thoughtful, too; so far as had appeared at present, there was no injunction against parting with me—no worth-his-weight-in-gold appraisement of the secretary!
From The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope
