valuation // noun [C,U]

INVENTORY VALUATION, STOCK VALUATION

1 (Finance )

a professional judgement about how much money sth is worth; the estimated value of sth:

Surveyors carried out a valuation of the property.

A valuation of almost $1 billion was put on the company.

land valuation

2

a judgement about how useful or important sth is; the estimated importance of sth:

She puts a high valuation on trust between colleagues.

• consumer protection
• consumer research
• consumer resistance
• consumers' cooperative
• consumer society
• consumer surplus
• consumer watchdog
• consumption
• consumption bundle
• consumption expenditure
• consumption function
• consumption goods
• consumption tax
• cont.
• contact
• contact centre
• contact-to-order ratio
• container
• contango
• content
• content theory of motivation
• contingency
• contingency fee
• contingency fund
• contingency plan