prizement

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noun

An appraisement or valuation.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounprizement (plural prizements)

plural prizements

  1. obsoleteAn appraisement or valuation.

    A prizement of the barque. It is worth, with tackle and furniture, 30l

    1900, Great Britain, Public Record Office, “Vol. CCLIV.”, in Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland preserved in the Public Record Office. 1625-[1670], page 40
    2 more examples

    "When sufficient men are sworn to prize" (appraise) "children's goods, the said goods shall not be forced on them, under pretence of overrating them, (for men must discharge their consciences,) but the executors or overseers must take all things according to the prizement."

    1847, Wilson, Thomas, “VI.”, in The works of the right reverend father in God, Thomas Wilson, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, page 203

    These detractors forget the prizement of nicety of the stroke that is required.

    2001 October 4, Arnold Hautain, The Mystery of Golf, page 63

Origin

According to Oxford, this term first began seeing usage in the late 1400s, during the Middle English period.

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