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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appraisal |
| Synonyms: | appraisement, assessment, cost, estimate, estimation, worth |
| Notes: | valuation means 'an estimated value,' whereas evaluation means 'the estimating of value'; thus, a valuation measures something's worth and an evaluation is the process of examination that results in a measurement |
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| Main Entry: | appraisal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, estimation |
| Synonyms: | appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, opinion, pricing, rating, reckoning, stock, survey, valuation |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of worth |
| Synonyms: | admiration, aesthetic sense, affection, appraisal, assessment, attraction, awareness, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, grasp, high regard, knowledge, liking, love, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, responsivenesss, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evaluation |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, computation, determination, estimate, estimation, judgment, rating, reckoning, valuation, value judgment |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of fee, amount |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approximate calculation; educated guess |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, appraisement, assay, assessment, ballpark figure, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, gauging, guess, guesstimate, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, sizing up, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
| Main Entry: | estimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, guess |
| Synonyms: | admiration, appraisal, appreciation, arithmetic, assessment, calculating, ciphering, computation, consideration, considered opinion, credit, esteem, estimate, estimating, evaluation, favor, figuring, impression, judgment, opinion, predicting, reckoning, regard, respect, stock, valuation, veneration, view |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | evaluation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, appraisement, assessment, calculation, decision, estimate, estimation, guesstimation, interpretation, opinion, rating, stock, take, valuation |
| Notes: | valuation means 'an estimated value,' whereas evaluation means 'the estimating of value'; thus, a valuation measures something's worth and an evaluation is the process of examination that results in a measurement |
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