valuation

American  

[val-yoo-ey-shuhn] / ˌvæl juˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

valuations plural

1. the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.

2. an estimated value or worth.

3. the awareness or acknowledgment of the quality, nature, excellence, or the like of something.

   public valuation of the importance of education.

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valuation British  

/ ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• prevaluation
  noun
• self-valuation
  noun
• valuational
  adjective
• valuationally
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• valuations
  plural

Etymology

Origin of valuation

1520–30; value + -ation; compare Middle French valuation

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• evaluation vs. valuation

Explanation

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."

Example Sentences

The company’s valuation has exploded in recent years, from $33.3 billion in 2019 to $2.7 trillion as of Wednesday morning.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

While details of the offer price and valuation have not yet been disclosed, media reports have estimated that the NSE IPO could raise around more than $3bn.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Fireworks AI, another inference startup, raised funds in October at a $4 billion valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

To be clear, a low valuation doesn’t necessarily mean these stocks are being ignored or punished.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Of his niece he did not think at all, nor of the arbitrary valuation of the money.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Related Words

• assessment
• cost
• estimate