(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
There is little ~ of the damage to the natural environment...
= evaluation
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2.
An ~ of the amount of money that something is worth or that should be paid is a calculation or estimate of the amount.
Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders’ inflated ~s of mortgaged property.
= appraisal
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