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 — 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 — Ap*praise , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appraised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appraising}.] [Pref. ad + praise. See {Praise}, {Price}, {Apprize}, {Appreciate}.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appraise — (v.) c.1400, to set a value on, from stem of O.Fr. aprisier apraise, set a price on (14c., Mod.Fr. apprécier), from L.L. appretiare value, estimate, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + pretium price (see PRICE (Cf. price … Etymology dictionary
appraise — value, *estimate, evaluate, assay, rate, assess Analogous words: *judge, adjudge: determine, ascertain, *discover: inspect, examine, *scrutinize, audit … New Dictionary of Synonyms
appraise — [v] judge, estimate adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate*, have one’s number*, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at,… … New thesaurus
appraise — [ə prāz′] vt. appraised, appraising [ME apreisen < OFr apreiser < LL(Ec) appretiare < L ad, to + pretium, PRICE; sp. infl. by PRAISE] 1. to set a price for; decide the value of, esp. officially 2. to estimate the quantity of 3. to judge… … English World dictionary
appraise — [15] Originally, appraise meant simply ‘fix the price of’. It came from the Old French verb aprisier ‘value’, which is ultimately a parallel formation with appreciate; it is not clear whether it came directly from late Latin appretiāre, or… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
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
