They appraised the house at twice what it is worth.
•The diamond ring was appraised at a very high price.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
appraise — ap‧praise [əˈpreɪz] verb [transitive] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES to decide how well an employee is doing his or her work, usually after discussing with the employee how well he or she has performed during the past year : • It is the line manager s job to … Financial and business terms
appraise — [[t]əpre͟ɪz[/t]] appraises, appraising, appraised VERB If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. [FORMAL] [V n] This prompted many employers to appraise their selection and recruitment… … English dictionary
appraise — ap·praise /ə prāz/ vt ap·praised, ap·prais·ing: to estimate the value of: make an appraisal of ap·prais·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
appraise — appraise, apprise Like many near sounding words with some relation of meaning, these are often confused. Appraise means ‘to assess the value of (something or someone)’ (e.g. • When a man is stripped of all worldly insignia, one can appraise him… … Modern English usage
appraise — ► VERB 1) assess the quality or nature of. 2) give (an employee) an appraisal. 3) (of an official valuer) set a price on. DERIVATIVES appraisee noun appraiser noun. USAGE Appraise is frequently confused … English terms dictionary
appraise — UK [əˈpreɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms appraise : present tense I/you/we/they appraise he/she/it appraises present participle appraising past tense appraised past participle appraised 1) formal to form an opinion about how successful,… … English dictionary
appraise — verb assess the value, quality, or performance of. ↘(of an official valuer) set a price on. Derivatives appraisable adjective appraisee noun appraisement noun appraiser noun appraising adjective appraisingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
appraise — ap|praise [əˈpreız] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: aprisier, from prisier to value ; influenced by praise] 1.) formal to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable something is = ↑evaluate ▪ Greenpeace has been invited … Dictionary of contemporary English
appraise — ap|praise [ ə preız ] verb transitive 1. ) to say officially how valuable a piece of property is: You really should have the land appraised. 2. ) FORMAL to form an opinion about how successful, effective, etc. someone or something is: The company … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
appraise — verb (T) to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable someone or something is; evaluate: A dealer came to appraise the furniture … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
appraise — /ə preɪz/ verb to assess or to calculate the value of something or someone … Dictionary of banking and finance
