Hinnatav

Hinnatav is an Estonian adjective used to describe something that can be assigned a monetary value. It is commonly employed in economics, accounting, and valuation practice to indicate assets, services, or phenomena for which a price can be determined under a given method or market condition. The word is formed from the verb hinnata, meaning to value or assess, with the suffix -atav, which produces adjectives indicating capability or tendency; thus hinnatav literally means "priceable" or "valued."

In valuation practice, hinnatav distinction helps organize discourse about pricing and remuneration. For tradable goods and standard services, price can often be established by market mechanisms or established pricing models, making them hinnatav. For non-market or difficult-to-price items—such as environmental services, cultural heritage, or certain social benefits—hinnatav status may be assigned only through surrogate methods or policy-based valuation, like contingent valuation or shadow pricing, to obtain monetized estimates.

Hinnatav is used in both technical contexts and everyday language to discuss pricing decisions, budgeting, or compensation frameworks. The term is related to hinnata, hind (price), and hinnang (estimate). In linguistic resources, hinnatav is described as an attributive adjective applicable to subjects capable of monetary assessment.

Overall, hinnatav denotes a property of being priceable, a concept that helps structure economic analysis and decision-making around monetization of value.