valuation

1 the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something my valuation of your musical talent has nothing to do with our friendship Synonyms appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, reckoning, estimateRelated Words calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimation

2 the amount of money for which something will find a buyer the final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn Synonyms value, worthRelated Words charge, cost, fee, figure, price, rate; appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation; face value, list price, unit price

3 the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities the low valuation that society places on knowledge for the sake of knowledge Synonyms account, merit, worth, valueRelated Words assessment, estimation, evaluation; excellence, greatness, perfection; consequence, importance, significance, weight; desirabilityNear Antonyms emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness; baseness, cheapness, crumminess, inferiority, lousiness, meanness, paltriness, pettiness, poorness; deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unacceptability