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Appraisal

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

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Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evaluation 76% connected

Valuation; appraisement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overestimate 76% connected

To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overvaluation 76% connected

Excessive valuation; overestimate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rating 76% connected

of Rate

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reassessment 76% connected

A renewed or second assessment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revaluation 76% connected

A second or new valuation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Valuation 76% connected

The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Estimation 76% connected

The act of estimating.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sorting 76% connected

of Sort

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Measure 74% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Measure 74% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Assessment 92% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Estimate 92% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Estimation 92% connected

The act of estimating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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