valuationn.
/ˌvaljʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌvæljəˈweɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. † b. Value or worth, esp. of a material nature. Obsolete.
a. The current value of money or a precious metal. Chiefly with the and of.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun]
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?c1520 L. Andrew tr. (title) The valuacyon of golde and syluer made in ye yere .M.C.CCC.lxxxxix.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Eviiiv One councelleth to rayse and enhaunce the valuacion of money when the king must paye any.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo iii. xviii. 486 By aduancing the Valuation of gold..in England, when Crowne gold was valued from fiftie fiue shillings the ounce to three pound.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 454 Here are four Authorities then..for the low valuation of the Sicilian Talent.
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 21 It is not credible that the Writers expressed the valuation of the Denarius according to its first institution, without regard to the present valuation.
1744 W. Guthrie Gen. Hist. Eng. IV. i. 645/1 His devices of gaining by the increase of the valuation of money, and other artifices of that nature, [were] all played over.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. v. 53 No creditor could..be cheated in consequence of the high valuation of silver in coin. View more context for this quotation
1854 J. Bowring Decimal Syst. x. 184 As, in common language, the dollar was divided into five shillings, the nominal par of exchange with England was computed by adding one-ninth to the valuation of the dollar.
1898 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 6 140 These influences [on the stock exchange] fall into two classes: those affecting the valuation of gold on the one side, and of greenbacks on the other.
1936 Pop. Mech. May 676/2 More than 30,000,000 ounces of the yellow metal were dug,..worth more than a billion at the current valuation of the dollar.
1997 R. A. Mundell in M. C. Marcuzzo et al. Monetary Standards & Exchange Rates i. 21 The quick answer to the question about the appropriate valuation of gold is that gold was not undervalued if countries chose to accumulate dollars rather than gold.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun]
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1549 Proclam. Edward VI conc. Testons 22 May (single sheet) The coyne called Testons..shall neither be receiued of his highnes officers, no of none others, nor yet at the Myntes or exchaunge, as coyne or money of any valuacion.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Nj v Diuers precious Iewells.., whereof two or three Gemmes were of more valuation in his accounte, then all the rest.
1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. i. 20 If any man hath lost any matter of valuation, how diligently will they set themselues to Inquisitions.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 124 Which casualties..makes their Price and valuation so uncertain, and proves so great a discouragement to the Countryman.
1787 W. L. Phillips Clerical Misconduct Reprobated 9 To remind you, of how little real Valuation the Redundancies of Life are, and how short their Duration, would be to teach you what you already know.
c. Chiefly Mathematics = value n. 4. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun]
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1636 Record's Ground of Arts 43 I may reckon them simply without any respect of their valuation or place: saying, 2 and 3 make 5.
1755 Inst. Arithm. 3 in Gen. Mag. Arts & Sci. You have only need to mention first each Figure, and then the Place in which it stands, according to its Name of Valuation in the Table.
1860 E. Burgess tr. Sûrya-Siddhânta 294 We shall adopt the valuation of the equation of time given by the Hindu method, or 13v.
1911 Proc. 31st Ann. Meeting Soc. Promotion Agric. Sci. 108 To get the factor for carbohydrate valuation multiply the per cent. of fat by 2.25, add this product to the amount of crude fibre [etc.].
1999 K. S. Namjoshi & R. P. Kurshan in N. Halbwachs Computer Aided Verification 397 The definition has a unique solution for each valuation of χ!
2.
a. The action or an act of estimating or fixing the monetary value of something, esp. when carried out by a professional valuator.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > fixing or stabilizing value
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > so as to fix value
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1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. viv For surely yt myght be that he was not ware of the new valuacyon: for he ranne awaye before the valuacyon chaunged?
1551 J. Williams Acct. Monastic Treasures (1836) 13 Myters, ornamentes, and other thinges received without weight or valuacion.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 313/1 The valuation of their goodes and substance, as well in cattell as in readie monie.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. i. 79 The Valuation of Possessions consists in the due Estimate and Prizall of all Parts and Particulars Essentially and Accidentally thereunto belonging.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 61 These Valuations were made as Parties interested could prevail upon and against one another by their Attendance, Friends, Eloquence, and Vehemence.
1737 H. Walpole in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 270 I..would give more for them on a reasonable valuation than a Bookseller would doe.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. 71 The secret wealth of commerce, and the precarious profits of art or labour, are susceptible only of a discretionary valuation.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) V. xlii. 205 A new valuation of all private property had been made.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law vii. 42 If they refuse to value the estate, or disagree in the valuation, you cannot enforce the performance of the contract.
1900 J. A. Hobson Econ. of Distribution iv. 127 The subjective valuations of a single owner and a single tenant..fix the limits for the price of a unit.., the stronger of the two fixing the price-point.
1935 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 77 124 The question of valuation is so peculiarly one of fact that the decision of the Commissioner will rarely be overturned.
1974 T. Hachey Confidential Disp. 44 An agreement was reached which provided for a valuation to be made..of the properties expropriated.
2007 Herbert River (Austral.) Express (Nexis) 9 Aug. 3 The Hinchinbrook Shire Council is in favour of the Department..carrying out an annual valuation of the shire next year.
b. Estimated monetary value; worth or price, esp. as estimated by a professional valuator; (also) an instance of this.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > estimated value
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xxvii. A Yf eny man make a speciall vowe vnto ye Lorde, so yt he pryse a soule, then shal this be the valuacion: A man of twentye yeare olde vnto the thre score yeare shalt thou set at fiftie syluer Sycles.
c1540 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) (1962) 32 Imprimis within the house 5 matreces & oon couerledd the valacion [10s].
1597 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) App. p. cxii Inuarde Custumes..The Waluatioun and prices of merchandries brocht within this realme.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 816 The valuation of this religious structure..was three hundred eight pounds.
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 117 The valuation of his Land Estate by Pliny is 1.614583l. 6s. 8d.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cxx. 119 The ear-rings were no trifles in point of price.., bearing no less a valuation than 200 guineas.
1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 456 The fair valuation, at which our commercial concerns might be calculated.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. vii. 445 The money valuation of the estimated produce of the land in cultivation.
1888 A. S. Swan Doris Cheyne vii. 122 Mr. Hardwicke had paid the sum required for the goodwill, and had also taken the furniture at a valuation.
1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 8 252 The middle market price of the year, 16, gave a valuation of £176,168 for the £1,101,050 nominal capital.
1967 Econ. Hist. Rev. 20 106 To each kind of labour a distinct valuation was attached, which varied from place to place.
2009 Private Eye 1 May 29/1 All of which raises questions over the £150m valuation placed on Fayed's other family assets by the Sunday Times.
3. Appraisal or estimation of something as regards its excellence or merit; an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]
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1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Aestimatio, a valuacion, consideracion, or weying of a matter.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 187 Our valuation shal be such, That euery slight, and false deriued cause, Yea euery idle..wanton reason,..Shall to the King taste of this action. View more context for this quotation
1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 256 The very Theater whereupon things are acted, serves to put a valuation upon them.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 356 The admirable Solution of many of those difficulties..doth give a very great valuation and esteem to the truth..of the Scriptures.
1746 H. Fielding True Patriot 14 Jan. 1/1 I believe it is difficult to find any two Persons, who place an equal Valuation on any Virtue, good or great Quality whatever.
1834 A. Dean Lect. Phrenology iv. 109 Unless we err egregiously in our estimate of ourselves, the world will take us at our own valuation.
1884 Manch. Examiner 14 May 5/5 The outside public appear disposed to take Mr. Chaplin at his own valuation.
1923 A. B. Wolfe Conservatism, Radicalism, & Sci. Method iii. 54 Everybody knows in a superficial and general way what prestige is..and most people consciously set a high valuation upon it.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female xi. 230 In pre-Soviet Russia there seems to have been extraordinarily little valuation placed on women's child-bearing character.
1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be v. 121 Behind this change lies the Christian valuation of the individual soul as eternally significant.
2006 Independent 17 Aug. (Extra section) 22/4 ‘Americans,’ he suggests, ‘are less aware than other peoples that they are not taken everywhere at their own valuation.’ Spot on, Mr Cooke.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, as valuation act, valuation law, valuation office, etc.
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1792 G. Hammond 5 Mar. in Authentic Copies Corr. T. Jefferson & G. Hammond (1794) 23 New tender and valuation laws have been passed subsequent to the peace.
1855 Statutes Great Brit. & Irel. XXII. 514 Valuation (Ireland) Act Amendment; further to amend 15 & 16 Vict. c. 63 relating to the Valuation of rateable Property.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 2/1 The amendment of the valuation law.
1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) II. 503 A high official in the Valuation Office.
1925 Act 15 & 16 Geo. V c. 90 §55(1) It shall be lawful for rating authorities..to appoint for the purposes of this Act such rating officers, valuation officers and other officers as they think fit.
1963 J. W. Kitching Bone, Tooth & Horn Tools of Palaeolithic Man p. xiii In 1931 he was transferred to the Warrington Valuation Office.
1983 Changing Times Nov. 30/1 The valuation fee for a foreign certificate is $25.
2008 Private Eye 26 Dec. 11/1 Since the deal was struck, the government's valuation officer has ruled the new site could command an annual rent of £250,000.
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valuation date n. chiefly Law and Finance a date on which the monetary value of a property, financial asset, etc., is set or determined.
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1872 Solicitors' Jrnl. & Reporter 9 Nov. 22/2 In case of the valuation date being fixed as above.
1927 Times 28 Dec. 13/1 It is surely an anomaly that the valuation date for gifts inter vivos should be the date of the donor's death.
1986 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Apr. iii. 23 Investors holding money..in a mutual fund with a monthly valuation date, may need to wait until a particular date for money to be freed.
2011 D. A. Glenn et al. Family Law Services Handbk. xii. 146 Only circumstances known or knowable at the valuation date are taken into consideration in performing the valuation.
valuation day n. (a) = valuation date n.; (b) a day on which the public may bring antiques or other collectibles to an auction house, museum, etc., for valuation by an expert or a professional valuator.
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1888 Statist 7 Apr. 392/1 The loss being necessarily greater as the valuation day approaches in a company valuing..quinquennially rather than one valuing triennially.
1917 W. Buckley Farm Rec. 8 At valuation day a single sheet is used for compiling the total cost of all tillages for each separate class of crop that is to be valued.
1978 Libr. Public Relations News 5/1 A similar ‘valuation’ day might also be arranged with an antique dealer, a jeweler, or fine arts expert, according to the interests in your community.
2002 D. Loader Understanding Markets vii. 99 The majority of funds are valued daily or weekly and the prospectus or scheme particulars will stipulate the valuation days.
2011 Chelmsford Weekly News (Nexis) 8 Jan. Anyone planning a post-Christmas de-clutter can take their old treasures to a valuation day.
Derivatives
valuˈational adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [adjective]
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1887 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 285 They proposed a geometrical survey, detailed and valuational.
1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. 4 Americans are also inclined to lay undue stress on the merely functional and valuational aspect of psychology.
1991 E. Rayner Independent Mind in Brit. Psychoanal. i. 6 The idealist tradition, stemming from romanticism and led by Fichte, Schoepenhauer and Nietzsche..stressed the non-sensuous, the valuational and the teleological.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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