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second-gear valuation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond-gear -val-u-a-tion
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The assignment of a property to a tax band by an estate agent who evaluates the property while driving past it.

British usage; Informal

Etymology

From the notion that the agent not only is doing a drive-by evaluation but also is not even necessarily doing it slowly: second gear rather than first gear (low gear).

Usage

Inflected Forms

second-gear valuations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cursory

Questions

What does second-gear valuation mean?
The assignment of a property to a tax band by an estate agent who evaluates the property while driving past it.
Where does second-gear valuation come from?
From the notion that the agent not only is doing a drive-by evaluation but also is not even necessarily doing it slowly: second gear rather than first gear (low gear).

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