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of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.

Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. Bacon.

Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

Excessive valuation; overestimate.

A second or new valuation.

The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.

An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand high in your account." Shak.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

ony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.

Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. Most dear in the esteem And poor in worth! Shak. I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster.

udgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. Lev. xxvii. 8.…

Estimation; valuation. [Obs.] Shak.

Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. v. t. To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usu with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.

help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. -- To throw off. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dep…

A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. Milton.