Definitions for appraisal
əˈpreɪ zəlap·praisal

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appraisal, assessmentnoun

   the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

2. appraisal, estimate, estimationnoun

   a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

3. appraisalnoun

   an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. appraisalnoun

   A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

2. Etymology: to appraise + -al

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appraisalnoun

   a valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement

2. Etymology: [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.]

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1. appraisal

   An assessment of a task or goal.

   The manager assessed the tasks he gave his crew members.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 13, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Classification
   • Commercial Document
   • Estimate

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appraisal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4565

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'appraisal' in Nouns Frequency: #2728

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of appraisal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of appraisal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of appraisal in a Sentence

1. Minor Myers:

   T Rowe Price runs mutual funds and allocates capital, but they may regret trying to do this themselves, this is just one of the pitfalls with appraisal, and it's not for novices.

2. Noe Rojas:

   In the past year, we have heard stories across our country of African Americans questioning the appraisal process and the values assigned to their homes, this shows how systemic racism continues to haunt neighborhoods of color.

3. Mark Kantrowitz:

   Unless there is a specific reason why your home is worth much less, an appraisal is unlikely to yield much of an adjustment, but, who knows? Perhaps your home is haunted, or has toxic mold, or is infested with thousands of snakes.

4. Carolina Reid:

   The Black/White homeownership gap is as large as The Black/White homeownership gap was when Federal Housing Administration was passed, addressing appraisal bias/housing discrimination is only one piece of a larger puzzle of reforms that are needed, but it's an important component of addressing systemic racism in housing.

5. Jonathan Glennie:

   The MDGs sometimes get a critical appraisal ... but overall, I would say this has been one of the best periods for development, we've seen poverty go down very, very significantly. Unfortunately we haven't seen inequality go down.

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