A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation).

synonyms: appraisal, estimate.

Roget 465: discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism^†; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation etc. 466; nicety, refinement; taste etc. 850; critique, judgment; tact; discernment etc. (intelligence) 498; acuteness, penetration; nuances.    dope [Slang], past performances.    ... show more

Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement^†, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. (numeration) 85; gauging etc. v.; horse power.    metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic.    measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo^†.    flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index etc. 550.    scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius^†; vernier etc. (minuteness) 193.    [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer^†, pantometer^†, pluviometer^†, pneumatometer^†, pneumometer^†, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer^†, telemeter, udometer^†, vacuometer^†, variometer^†, viameter^†, thermometer, thermistor (heat) etc. 382, barometer (air) etc. 338, anemometer (wind) 349, dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter; landmark etc. (limit) 233; balance, scale etc. (weight) 319; marigraph^†, pneumatograph^†, stethograph^†; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar, (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). measurability, computability, determinability^†.    coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth.    geometry, stereometry^†, hypsometry^†; metage^†; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodetics^†, geodesia^†; orthometry^†, altimetry^†; cadastre [Fr.].    astrolabe, armillary sphere^†.    land surveyor; geometer.    ... show more

Roget 480: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism^†; moral.    estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication^†; dijudication^†, adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement^†, arbitration; assessment, ponderation^†; valorization.    award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.    decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata [Lat.].    plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote etc. (choice) 609; opinion etc. (belief) 484; good judgment etc. (wisdom) 498.    judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; asessor, referee.    censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator etc. 524; inspector, inspecting officer.    twenty-twenty hindsight [judgment after the fact]; armchair general, monday morning quarterback.    ... show more

Roget 928: respect, regard, consideration; courtesy etc. 894; attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration; approbation etc. 931.    homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness etc. 886; salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute.    respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards.    devotion etc. (piety) 987.    ... show more

Roget 931: approbation; approval, approvement^†; sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love etc. 897; appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit; repute etc. 873; best seller.    commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium^†; eloge [Fr.], panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.    applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise &c.; Prytaneum.    ... show more

Dutch: schatting, offerte, prijsopgaaf, prijsopgave, taxatie

The respect with which a person is held:
— They had a high estimation of his ability.

synonym: estimate.

An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth.

synonyms: approximation, estimate, idea.

Roget 85: numeration; numbering etc. v.; pagination; tale, recension^†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation^†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism^†, rhabdology^†, dactylonomy^†; measurement etc. 466; statistics.    arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions^†; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences.    [Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation; account etc. (list) 86.    [Operations] notation, , addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration.    [Instruments] abacus, logometer^†, slide rule, slipstick [Coll.], tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-pan^†; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer; [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist^†, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor.    ... show more

Dutch: gissing, raming, schatting
Polish: przybliżenie

A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody:
— In my estimation the boy is innocent.

synonym: estimate.