Appraise

Word APPRAISE
Character 8
Hyphenation ap praise
Pronunciations /əˈpɹeɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Appraise"

What do we mean by appraise?

To estimate the price or value of. transitive verb

To make a considered judgment about; assess or size up: synonym: estimate. transitive verb

. To value; prize.

To value in current money; officially set a price upon; estimate the value of: used especially of the action of a person or persons appointed for the purpose, under direction of law or by agreement of persons interested: as, to appraise the goods and estate of a deceased person, or goods taken under a distress for rent.

To estimate generally, in regard to quality, service, size, weight, etc.

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose. transitive verb

To estimate; to conjecture. transitive verb

To praise; to commend. transitive verb

To apprise, inform. verb

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. verb

To estimate; to conjecture. verb

To praise; to commend. verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of verb

Consider in a comprehensive way verb

To determine the value or worth of something, particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.

To consider comprehensively.

To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.

To estimate; to conjecture.

To praise; to commend.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Appraise

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The word "appraise" in example sentences

Park at the curb (by the owls) to "appraise" him of the suspected rodent murder at the school grounds. ❋ Grouse (2002)

Hecker had quietly stashed in North Dakota allegedly so jeweler friends could "appraise" them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tomalak seemed to appraise him, and then he peered over at Torath. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

At Christie's since 1998, Giovanna Bertazzoni has a relentless schedule, flying in and out of the British capital regularly to meet with private collectors to appraise their works. ❋ Javier Espinoza (2011)

Administrators at small colleges and large universities across the state huddled in tense meetings this week to discuss worst-case contingency plans and appraise their financial status after the market meltdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If your job were to appraise toxic debt could you in all honesty exclude the factors noted above, that interfere with price discovery? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, the officers are supposed to just magically appraise themselves of all the relevant facts — after all, they are detailed in the briefs! ❋ Unknown (2010)

The conception that its business is to appraise, to judge in the legal and moral sense, arrests the perception of those who are influenced by the criticism that assumes this task. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most "well-managed" organizations have collected the information they need to appraise the 2010 performance of their employees and either have given -- or are about to give -- the results to them. ❋ Ed Lawler (2011)

The final item on our agenda, the raison d'être I'd invited Mr. Keno over in the first place, was to examine the table by the front door, the one that resembled the piece of furniture I'd seen him appraise on "Roadshow," and which also came from my grandmother. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

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