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# valuation

noun (a valuation, valuations)

«valuation» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A valuation is an expert's decision about how much money something is worth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#m1)
2. Valuation can mean how much you think something or someone is worth in a general way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In money matters, before a house is sold or a mortgage is given, a surveyor makes a valuation. An antique expert gives a valuation of an old vase. In maths word problems, a valuation is a number of pounds or dollars that something is worth, not what it was sold for.

### Examples

- The expert gave a valuation of £500 for the old clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x1)
- The bank needed a valuation of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x2)
- Grandma's ring had a high valuation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x3)
- We had the painting valued, and the valuation surprised us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x4)
- His own valuation of his skill was too high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x5)
- The valuation of the company went up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: value, valued. A valuation is an estimate of worth; the actual price paid can be higher or lower.

## In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus 27 it is the priest's set price for a person or thing given to God, counted in silver shekels.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis explain that a person who vows his "worth" to the Temple pays by a fixed scale of age and sex, not by his real value. It shows that every person is of value.

### Examples

- And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels. (Torah LEV.27.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/valuation/#x1)
- If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand. (Torah LEV.27.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/valuation/#x2)
- But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation. (Torah LEV.27.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/valuation/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Verb: value, valued. A valuation is an estimate of worth; the actual price paid can be higher or lower.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «valuation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«valuation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/valuation.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «valuation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/valuation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«valuation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/valuation.html) on Mova free.