appraisal

1 an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents Synonyms estimation, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgmentRelated Words aperçu, feeling, impression, notion, perception; confidence, faith, stock, trust; belief, conviction, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory

2 the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday Synonyms estimate, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, reckoning, valuationRelated Words calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimation