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second-gear valuation

second-gear valuation noun: the assignment of a property to a tax band by an estate agent who evaluates the property while driving past it.

Noun

second-gear valuation (plural second-gear valuations)

  1. (UK, informal) The assignment of a property to a tax band by an estate agent who evaluates the property while driving past it.

Forms of second-gear valuation

pluralsecond-gear valuations

Origin of second-gear valuation

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).

Questions about second-gear valuation

What does second-gear valuation mean?
Second-gear valuation means the assignment of a property to a tax band by an estate agent who evaluates the property while driving past it.
What part of speech is second-gear valuation?
Second-gear valuation is a noun.
What is the plural of second-gear valuation?
The plural of second-gear valuation is second-gear valuations.

Words near second-gear valuation in the dictionary

  1. second-degree relative
  2. second-degree relatives
  3. second-division
  4. second-drawer
  5. second-from-last
  6. second-gear valuation
  7. second-gear valuations
  8. second-generation
  9. second-growth forest
  10. second-growth forests
  11. second-guarder

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