Main entry: appreciation
Definition: an increase in price or value
Usage: an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate
Main entry: appreciation, admiration
Definition: a favorable judgment
Usage: a small token in admiration of your works
Main entry: taste, perceptiveness, discernment, appreciation
Definition: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Usage: arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success; to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Main entry: hold, grasp, appreciation
Definition: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
Usage: he has a good grasp of accounting practices
Main entry: appreciation
Definition: an expression of gratitude
Usage: he expressed his appreciation in a short note