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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A healthy order intake should sustain its backlog visibility, supporting a higher valuation multiple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
According to a Thursday Reuters report, some investors are now discussing a $1.5 trillion valuation for Anthropic, down from a $2 trillion target valuation previously.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Claude developer’s revenue is growing fast—but perhaps not fast enough for a company targeting a $2 trillion valuation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Calvasina observes, however, that tech outside of the United States still looks appealing on performance, valuation and demand metrics.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 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
Growth-stock valuations would get a friendlier discount rate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Slowing flows into tech stocks as valuations deteriorate has one strategist lowering the firm’s rating on tech stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The global tech sector has been slowly recovering from a summer rout that wiped trillions off markets amid concerns about elevated stock valuations and when firms would see returns on their vast investments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The turmoil is most pronounced for firms with funds that started snapping up companies at peak valuations in 2020 through early 2022, when rates were near zero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
A hundred other stores go in on the same proposition, their valuations varying according to their location, their stock, and the volume of business their books can show.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George Randolph Chester
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