All 3 Uses of
appraise
in
Babbitt
- He advised Conrad Lyte to purchase this lot, for eleven thousand dollars, though an appraisal on a basis of rents did not indicate its value as above nine thousand.†
Chpt 4
- Now, Purdy seemed ready to buy, and his delay was going to cost him ten thousand extra dollars—the reward paid by the community to Mr. Conrad Lyte for the virtue of employing a broker who had Vision and who understood Talking Points, Strategic Values, Key Situations, Underappraisals, and the Psychology of Salesmanship.†
Chpt 4
- There was nothing ahead save details of leases, appraisals, mortgages.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(appraise as in: appraised value of) place a value on or judge the worth of something