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assessment

[uh-ses-muhnt]

noun

  1. the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.

  2. an official valuation of property for the purpose of levying a tax; an assigned value.

  3. an amount assessed as payable.



assessment

/ əˈɛəԳ /

noun

  1. the act of assessing, esp (in Britain) the evaluation of a student's achievement on a course

  2. an amount determined as payable

  3. a valuation set on taxable property, income, etc

  4. evaluation; estimation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

assessment

  1. The appraisal of property for the purposes of taxation.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • misassessment noun
  • overassessment noun
  • proassessment adjective
  • reassessment noun
  • self-assessment noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of assessment1

First recorded in 1530–40; assess + -ment
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An airport spokesperson said "one person has been taken to hospital for further assessment" and airport staff were managing the vehicles leaving the site.

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Most invasion scientists aim "to prevent introductions of harmful invasive species in the first place through public education, better screening tools and risk assessments," she said.

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"But we are not getting into an assessment of the rights and wrongs of it," said another source.

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"Similarly, the assessment that Iran could develop a crude nuclear weapon within a few months is not new."

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The state prosecutor's initial assessment was that the boy, called Quentin, came from a normal functioning family, and had no criminal or mental health record.

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