English Explanatory Dictionary

valuation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An estimation of something's worth.
  2. The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.
  3. An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).
  4. A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.
  5. A measure of size or multiplicity.
  6. A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.

Pronunciation

/ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-valuation.wav

Word forms

valuation valuations

Etymology

From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.

Related words

interpretation

Derived words

contingent valuation discrete valuation discrete valuation ring evaluation revaluation second-gear valuation transvaluation valuation function valuation ring
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