Highly skilled workers, who made up about 15% of the working classes. Often bosses and factory foremen, also members of highly skilled trades that hadn't been mechanized. Committed to the family, economic improvement, good morals, etc.
Definition of appraisal for English Language Learners. : 1  the act of judging the value, condition, or importance of something : the act of appraising something. : 2  something that states an opinion about the value, condition, or importance of something.
The function of an appraisal refers to the use made of the value estimate; such as transfer of ownership, extension of credit, compensation for loss, taxation/assessment. Example: The purpose might be to estimate market value; the function is to establish the price at which the property should be listed or sold.