Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or an instance of appraising.
  • noun An expert or official valuation, as for taxation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of appraising; valuation; appraisement or estimation of value or worth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
  • noun a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
  • noun an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

to appraise + -al

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Examples

  • They discovered a missing link, a link they call an "appraisal process."

    Ellen Galinsky: Reducing Conflict in Children: Lessons From Larry Aber Ellen Galinsky 2011

  • They discovered a missing link, a link they call an "appraisal process."

    Ellen Galinsky: Reducing Conflict in Children: Lessons From Larry Aber Ellen Galinsky 2011

  • Defendant FNC also provides services and products to mortgage lenders, including a web-based service called AppraisalPort, which allows mortgage lenders to request written appraisals from appraisers and ‘allows appraisers to transmit information ... contained in appraisal reports, to lending institutions ....’

    Lanham Act doesn't cover competition with customers Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Defendant FNC also provides services and products to mortgage lenders, including a web-based service called AppraisalPort, which allows mortgage lenders to request written appraisals from appraisers and ‘allows appraisers to transmit information ... contained in appraisal reports, to lending institutions ....’

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Because homes in Mexico are so distinctly different, one from another, even in the same neighborhood, this method of appraisal is seldom used, except in the case of resale properties in a developer's subdivision.

    Mexican Property Appraisals 2006

  • Because homes in Mexico are so distinctly different, one from another, even in the same neighborhood, this method of appraisal is seldom used, except in the case of resale properties in a developer's subdivision.

    Mexican Property Appraisals 2006

  • A replacement value appraisal is determined by adding the value of the lot to the depreciated value of the construction, adding as needed for special amenities.

    Mexican Property Appraisals 2006

  • A replacement value appraisal is determined by adding the value of the lot to the depreciated value of the construction, adding as needed for special amenities.

    Mexican Property Appraisals 2006

  • As far as I can judge, this appraisal is not correct.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1961 - Presentation Speech 1961

  • The proposed transaction provides for the operatorship of the concession and near-term appraisal/development of one oil discovery well and of a significant number of ready to drill exploration projects, located in Egypt's Western Desert.

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