valuation

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/ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/

noun

An estimation of something's worth.

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Meanings

nounvaluation (countable and uncountable, plural valuations)

plural valuations

  1. countableuncountableAn estimation of something's worth.
  2. countableuncountablebusinessThe process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.

    The tax assessor put them in fourteen valuation groups ranging from one two-story brick house and two one-and-a-half-story houses to the largest groups of eighteen two-story houses and twenty-four one-story bungalows.

    1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, page 4
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    Reddit's (RDDT.N) initial public offering is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, making it more likely the social media platform will attain the $6.5 billion valuation it seeks.

    2024 March 17, Echo Wang, “Exclusive: Reddit's IPO as much as five times oversubscribed, sources say”, in Reuters
  3. countableuncountablepropositional logic; model theory; propositional logic; model theoryhuman sciencesAn assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).
  4. countableuncountablefirst-order logic; model theory; first-order logic; model theoryhuman sciencesA structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.
  5. countableuncountablealgebraA measure of size or multiplicity.
  6. countableuncountabledomain theorymathematicsA map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan appraisal of the value of something

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchvaloir
  2. Middle Frenchvaluation
  3. Englishvaluation

From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.

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Translations

Bulgarian оценка, валюация
  • оценка (ocenka)estimation of something's worth
  • валюация (valjuacija)structure and true value
  • валюация (valjuacija)a map from open sets
Danish vurdering
  • vurderingestimation of something's worth
Finnish arviointi, arvonmääritys
  • arviointiestimation of something's worth
  • arvonmääritysprocess of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • valuaatioprocess of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • arvostusprocess of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
Hindi मूल्यांकन, मूल्यांकन
  • मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan)estimation of something's worth
  • मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan)process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
Hungarian értékbecslés, becslés
  • értékbecslésestimation of something's worth
  • becslésestimation of something's worth
  • felbecslésestimation of something's worth
  • értékelésestimation of something's worth
  • becsértékestimation of something's worth
  • becsült értékestimation of something's worth
Indonesian valuasi
  • valuasiestimation of something's worth
Māori wāriutanga
  • wāriutangaestimation of something's worth
Norwegian Bokmål verdivurdering
  • verdivurderingestimation of something's worth
Polish wycena, oszacowanie
  • wycenaestimation of something's worth
  • oszacowanieestimation of something's worth
  • ocenaestimation of something's worth
  • wycenaprocess of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • wartośćstructure and true value
  • cenastructure and true value
  • wartośćsize or multiplicity
  • waluacjaa map from open sets
Portuguese valoração
  • valoraçãoestimation of something's worth
Spanish valuación, valoración
  • valuaciónestimation of something's worth
  • valoraciónestimation of something's worth
Cite this entry
APA

valuation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valuation

MLA

“valuation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valuation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “valuation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/valuation.

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