valuation

[ val-yoo-ey-shuh n ]

/ ˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən /

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

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

Last year, the company raised funding at a $2 billion valuation and shot down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook.

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The company, which has three employees, earned a valuation of $5-10 million.

The Zen of Yo |Dale Eisinger |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The company reported $2.4 billion in annual sales and could snatch a valuation as high as $5 billion.

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That valuation of its stock gives it a market capitalization of over $20 billion.

Wall Street Hearts Tesla |William O’Connor |August 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

And the company faces a long, hard slog to get back to its valuation of a year ago.

Is Sheryl Sandberg Leaning Out at Facebook? |Daniel Gross |June 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
You are more of a connoisseur than I. I will leave it to your own valuation.

Samuel Brohl & Company |Victor Cherbuliez
A slave may, on the same process of valuation compel his master to transfer him to any person who will pay the money.

To Cuba and Back |Richard Henry Dana
The valuation must be duly set down in writing, and there is a certain fixed scale of charges for the appraiser's services.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 |Various
Land classifications were abolished, and annual income was rejected as a device of valuation.

Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 2 (of 14), 1899 |Various
The jewelry market has fallen this last year, and Tom gave Kent a valuation of about $15,000.

Detectives, Inc. |William Heyliger

valuation

/ (ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən) /

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

valuational, adjective valuationally, adverb