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appraisals

[uh-prey-zuhl] Origin

ap·prais·al

[uh-prey-zuhl]
noun
1.
the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
2.
an estimate of value, as for sale, assessment, or taxation; valuation.
3.
an estimate or considered opinion of the nature, quality, importance, etc: the critics' appraisal of pop art; an incorrect appraisal of public opinion.
Also, ap·praise·ment.


Origin:
1810–20; appraise + -al2

mis·ap·prais·al, noun
o·ver·ap·prais·al, noun
re·ap·prais·al, noun
self-ap·prais·al, noun
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Word Origin & History

appraisal
1817, "act of appraising," in the figurative sense, originally a term of literary criticism, from appraise. Literal sense, "setting of a price," is by 1863, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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appraisal definition


A formal evaluation of property by an expert, used to establish its market value.

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