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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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."
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His representatives later held talks with Manchester City, but no offer was made to meet Chelsea's £120m valuation before Friday's 17:00 BST deadline.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The article showed that "Wondermind had no plan for its future - much less a plan for achieving a multi-billion dollar valuation," the lawsuit claims.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The sale, which still requires NBA approval, would make the deal the highest-ever valuation for any sports team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Several investors told the Financial Times that they expect Anthropic to seek a valuation of $2 trillion, or even $3 trillion, in October.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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
The US-inspired Premier League arms race has led to a substantial spike in the valuations of England's top clubs, giving their owners a handsome return on their initial investment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
That high yield is also coming at a time when stock index valuations are still elevated, making the relative attraction of that long-term yield more competitive with equities than is typical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Also supporting equity valuations is the improvement to profitability provided by the use of artificial intelligence, according to DeBusschere.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
These companies already carry trillion-dollar valuations, but their AI businesses are also growing at rates that can materially change their earnings power over the next several years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
He was also instructed to receive the products of the country in payment of rents at certain fixed valuations, among which cotton was priced at three and one-half pence per pound.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
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