valuation English · revision 39839

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=?c1520|origins=la valeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|valuation|t=evaluation]],^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Klein 1966) recorded in French from 1441, formed on [[m|frm|valuer|t=to value]] with the suffix that became [[-ation]].^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024) The French verb comes from the noun [[m|fro|value]], from [[m|fro|valoir|t=to be worth]].^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) The Shorter Oxford and Johnson treat it as formed in English from [[value]] and ''-ation'',^(SOED 2002)^(Johnson 1755) and Dictionary.com does so while comparing the French word.^(Dictionary.com 2016) The OED compares [[es|valuación]] and [[it|valutazione]].^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The current value of money or of a precious metal: about 1520 in the OED;^(OED 2026) Etymonline gives the 1520s for "the act of valuing",^(Etymonline) and Merriam-Webster's first date, 1529, is the OED's first quotation for that sense, from Thomas More.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Within a few years the word was used both for the act of fixing a money value (1529) and for the value so fixed (1535, in Coverdale's Bible).^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline) An appraisal of something's merit or excellence followed in 1548,^(OED 2026) the sense in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'', quoted by Johnson (1755) for "value set upon any thing".^(Johnson 1755) The obsolete sense "value, worth" lasted from 1549 to 1787.^(OED 2026) In modern use the word is chiefly professional: the formal assessment of property or jewellery,^(Collins 2023)^(OED 2026) the rating of property for taxes,^(SOED 2002) the actuarial value of a life-insurance policy,^(MWU 2024) and the value a market puts on a company.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * ?c1520 – the current value of money.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1529 – the act of fixing a monetary value.^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1535 – estimated value, price.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1548 – appraisal of merit.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1549–1787 – value, worth (obsolete).^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[estimate]] of what something is worth, especially one made by a professional: ''The bank asked for a valuation of the house.''^(Collins 2023)^(OED 2026)

+ # The value or price arrived at in this way.^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+ # A judgment of how important or good someone or something is: ''He put a low valuation on her advice.''^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[valuational]]

+ * [[valuationally]]

+ * [[undervaluation]]

+ * [[transvaluation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[value]]

+ * [[evaluation]]

+ * [[devaluation]]

+ * [[valuate]]

+ * [[valour]]

+ * [[appraisal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}