Masses sent abroad for appraisal (10)
I believe the answer is:
assessment
'appraisal' is the definition.
('assessment' can be a synonym of 'appraisal')
'masses sent abroad' is the wordplay.
'abroad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'masses'+'sent'='massessent'
'massessent' is an anagram of 'ASSESSMENT'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for assessment that I've seen before include "Review" , "Opinion" , "Evaluation, estimation" , "amount to be paid" , "rating" .)