valuation

«valuation» in Mova's school dictionary: an expert's decision about how much money something is worth — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a valuation, valuations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A valuation is an expert's decision about how much money something is worth. tree →

2) Valuation can mean how much you think something or someone is worth in a general way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In money matters, before a house is sold or a mortgage is given, a surveyor makes a valuation. An antique expert gives a valuation of an old vase. In maths word problems, a valuation is a number of pounds or dollars that something is worth, not what it was sold for.

examples

• The expert gave a valuation of £500 for the old clock. tree →
• The bank needed a valuation of the house. tree →
• Grandma's ring had a high valuation. tree →
• We had the painting valued, and the valuation surprised us. tree →
• His own valuation of his skill was too high. tree →
• The valuation of the company went up. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: value, valued. A valuation is an estimate of worth; the actual price paid can be higher or lower.

In the corpora

• And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
• But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.
• If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.
• And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «valuation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.