valuate

Determine monetary worth

Valuate means to determine the value or worth of something, essentially a back-formation from valuation that functions as a synonym for evaluate or appraise.

It appears mainly in business and financial contexts: We hired an expert to valuate the company before the merger.

The word strikes some as unnecessarily fancy when simpler alternatives exist.

appraise

assess

Judge worth or quality

analyze · examine · review · audit · scrutinize · inspect · survey · calculate · gauge · measure

financial

worth

Degree of importance

  • priceMonetary value assigned
  • costRequired payment amount
  • marketVenue for trade

investment · asset · equity · monetary · capital · depreciation · appreciation · liquidation · portfolio · securities

Opposites
careful assessment vs. disregard

valuatedisregard

Willful lack of attention

neglect · ignore · overlook · dismiss · forget

precise determination vs. rough estimation

valuateguess

Estimate without certainty

guesstimate · estimate · ballpark · approximate · eyeball

Phrases
Family

valuable, evaluate, invaluable, valuation, evaluator, devaluation, evaluative, valuations, revaluation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G