About The Word Assessment
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Assessment
Assessment Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Assessment?
[n] the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
[n] the market value set on assets [n] the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth [n] an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" Synonyms | Synonyms for Assessment: appraisal | judgement | judgment Related Terms | Find terms related to Assessment: account | allowance | analyzing | appraisal | appraisement | appraising | appreciation | apprizal | approximation | assessing | assize | assizement | bill | blackmail | blood money | calculation | categorization | cess | classification | computation | conscience money | contribution | correction | determination | direct tax | dual pricing | duty | emolument | estimate | estimation | evaluating | evaluation | evaluative criticism | factoring | fee | footing | gauging | graduated taxation | grouping | hush money | identification | imposition | impost | indirect tax | initiation fee | instrumentation | Irish dividend | joint return | judgment | levy | measure | measurement | measuring | mensuration | metric system | mileage | opinion | price determination | pricing | progressive tax | quantification | quantization | ranking | rating | reckoning | retainer | retaining fee | scot | separate returns | sifting | sifting out | single tax | sorting | sorting out | stipend | stock | supertax | surtax | survey | surveying | tariff | tax | tax base | tax dodging | tax evasion | tax exemption | tax return | tax structure | tax withholding | taxable income | taxation | tax-exempt status | telemetering | telemetry | tithe | toll | triangulation | tribute | unit pricing | valuation | valuing | view | weighing | winnowing | withholding tax See Also | acid test | act | adjudication | assay | categorisation | categorization | charge | check | classification | cost | critical analysis | critical appraisal | disapproval | estimate | estimation | evaluation | evaluation | human action | human activity | logistic assessment | monetary value | price | rating | rating | reappraisal | reassessment | revaluation | review | sorting | tax assessment | underevaluation | valuation | value judgement | value judgment Assessment In Webster's Dictionary \As*sess"ment\, n. [LL. assessamentum.]
1. The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to
be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an
assessment of the members of a club.
2. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the
purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of
the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an
assessment of property or an assessment on property.
Note: An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons
according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum
certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the
property of those who are to pay the tax, for the
purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall
pay. --Blackstone. Burrill.
3. The specific sum levied or assessed.
4. An apportionment of a subscription for stock into
successive installments; also, one of these installments
(in England termed a ``call''). [U. S.]
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