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noun

appraisal

the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

In a sentence

Six example sentences with appraisal, each labelled with its topic.

  • The bank ordered a second appraisal after the first came in forty thousand above every comparable sale on the street.

    Finance

  • An appraisal at the auction house put the sketch in the low thousands, and the family kept it anyway.

    Art

  • The investor's blunt appraisal of the team, delivered in four minutes, was harder to hear than the valuation itself.

    Startups

  • Her annual appraisal rated her communication highly and her paperwork poorly, which matched what everyone already knew.

    Business

  • The scout's appraisal was blunt: elite speed, poor shot, worth a second-round pick at best.

    Basketball

  • The appraisal of the vintage lens came back low, since a scratch on the front element cut its worth in half.

    Photography

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