appraisal

  • 1Appraisal — may refer to:* A decision making process: ** Appraisal (decision analysis) a decision method ** Project appraisal comparing options to deliver an objective ** Economic appraisal an appraisal based on comparison of monetary equivalents* Property… …

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  • 2appraisal — ap·prais·al /ə prā zəl/ n: a valuation of property by the estimate of an authorized person: as a: the determination of the fair value of a corporation s stock by a judicial proceeding that a dissenting shareholder is usu. entitled by statute to… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Appraisal — Ap*prais al, n. [See {Appraise}. Cf. {Apprizal}.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4appraisal — (n.) setting of a price, by 1784, American English, from APPRAISE (Cf. appraise) + AL (Cf. al) (2). Figurative sense, act of appraising (originally a term of literary criticism) is from 1817 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5appraisal — [n] judgment, estimation appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, opinion, pricing, rating, reckoning, stock, survey, valuation; concepts 18,328,766 …

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  • 6appraisal — ► NOUN 1) the action or an instance of assessing. 2) a formal assessment of an employee s performance at work …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7appraisal — [ə prāz′əl] n. 1. an appraising or being appraised 2. an appraised value or price; esp., an expert valuation for taxation, tariff duty, sale, etc.; estimate: Also appraisement …

    English World dictionary

  • 8appraisal — A statement or estimate of the market value of tangible personal property or real estate. Under the federal appraisal regulations for real estate pledged to secure loans, the term appraisal refers to a statement of market value that meets the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9Appraisal — Ein Appraisal (dt. „Bewertung , „Beurteilung ) ist eine Überprüfung einer Organisation hinsichtlich der Umsetzung der Anforderungen eines Prozessmodells wie beispielsweise Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). Das Vorgängermodell… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 10appraisal — A valuation or an estimation of value of property by disinterested persons of suitable qualifications. The process of ascertaining a value of an asset or liability that involves expert opinion rather than explicit market transactions. See also… …

    Black's law dictionary