valuation

[ val-yoo-ey-shuh n ]
/ ˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
an estimated value or worth.
the awareness or acknowledgment of the quality, nature, excellence, or the like of something: public valuation of the importance of education.

Origin of valuation

1520–30; value + -ation; compare Middle French valuation

OTHER WORDS FROM valuation

val·u·a·tion·al, adjective val·u·a·tion·al·ly, adverb pre·val·u·a·tion, noun self-val·u·a·tion, noun

Words nearby valuation

valsalva, valsalva maneuver, valse, valuable, valuate, valuation, valuator, value, value added, value date, value fund

Example sentences from the Web for self-valuation

  • Never mind that she's as cute as a button, her lens of self-valuation is as universal as it is poignant.

    Young Muslim Comic Takes On Fundamentalists |Moral Courage |May 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

  • A great part of the blame is due to our insufficient self-esteem and self-valuation—an inveterate German failing.

    Gems (?) of German Thought |Various

  • Little by little her pride recovered, for in such cases the deepest wound is to the ego, the self-valuation.

    The Nervous Housewife |Abraham Myerson

  • A man is a kind of inverted thermometer, the bulb uppermost, and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down.

    Over the Teacups |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

British Dictionary definitions for self-valuation

valuation
/ (ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of valuing, esp a formal assessment of the worth of property, jewellery, etc
the price arrived at by the process of valuing the valuation of this property is considerable; I set a high valuation on technical ability

Derived forms of valuation

valuational, adjective valuationally, adverb