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Definition of Assessment
1. Noun. The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth.
Generic synonyms: Categorisation, Categorization, Classification, Sorting
Specialized synonyms: Critical Analysis, Critical Appraisal, Evaluation, Rating, Valuation, Assay, Check, Acid Test, Reappraisal, Reassessment, Revaluation, Review, Underevaluation
Derivative terms: Appraise, Assess
2. Noun. An amount determined as payable. "The assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"
3. Noun. The market value set on assets.
Specialized synonyms: Tax Assessment
Derivative terms: Assess
4. Noun. The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event. "They criticized my judgment of the contestants"
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Justice, Adjudication, Disapproval, Evaluation, Rating, Estimate, Estimation, Logistic Assessment, Value Judgement, Value Judgment
Derivative terms: Judge, Judge, Judge, Judgmental
Definition of Assessment
1. n. 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.
Definition of Assessment
1. Noun. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. ¹
2. Noun. An appraisal or evaluation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assessment
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Assessment
1. Appraisal. (05 Mar 2000)
Literary usage of Assessment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Assessment Companies See also Beneficiary Organizations. ... Table giving summary
of assessment assns., comparing membership and ami. of Insurance each yr. ..."
2. Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions (1992)
"Test developers and educators are experimenting with: • performance assessment,
a broad category of testing methods that require students to create answers ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"к •'time provided for by law for'the making of the general assessment. The assessor
must return the general assessment which he makes in his book under ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Education Assessment: Results a Step toward Accountability Denver—For years
leaders in politics and education have been searching for a way to make ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"As sent to the auditor December 1, 1898, the book did not contain the assessment
in question, And as to the books of the former years, they had passed out ..."
6. Life Insurance: A Textbook by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"As compared with the fraternal orders, business assessment associations were ...
The earliest associations were operated on the "flat assessment plan," ie ..."
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