assessmentn.
/əˈsɛsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈsɛsmənt/ The action of assessing; the amount assessed.
1. The determination or adjustment of the amount of taxation, charge, fine, etc., to be paid by a person or community.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax
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1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccx The assessement of whiche fines, were appoynted to Thomas Cromwell.
1591 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 85 That 8000l. should be levied out of the Halls of the Cittie, by an equal and indifferent assessmente.
1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 196 Charges..to be raised by an assessment on the several parishes, in proportion to the number of poor they send to the said house.
1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 181 Even adultry is still matter of assessment.
2. The scheme of charge or taxation so adjusted.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun] > determined by assessment > scheme of
assessment1653
1653 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 509 Such of the said Corporation as usually join in making By-laws, Assessments or Rates.
1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 26 An assessment was prepared, based upon the supposed population of the Colonies.
3. The amount of charge so determined upon.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun] > determined by assessment > amount determined to be paid
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Quottité An even assessement, a rate or to~quot imposed.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 15 Dec. (1970) III. 283 To speak about my assessement of 42l to the Loyall Sufferrers.
1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 48 To see that these assessments were not excessive.
4. Official valuation of property or income for the purposes of taxation; the value assigned to it.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > valuation for
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c1540 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 239 I marvill greatly that your said manor shold be so highley charged..I could never se no writing of the sesment therof.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. 31 The manner of equall contribution..proportionably to the assessment and rate of mens goods.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 112/1 Income arising from some sources, being capable of direct assessment, cannot be concealed.
5.
a. figurative in general sense: Estimation, evaluation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]
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sizing up1967
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a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 458 It hath been held no way safe for us to make our own assessment.
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxvii. 367 In the comparative assessment of Hellenic forces.
b. Education. The process or means of evaluating academic work; an examination or test. Cf. continuous assessment n. at continuous adj. Compounds.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun]
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assessment1956
1956 H. Loukes Secondary Mod. iv. 112 What is needed is..to find new means of assessment.
1965 Nursing Times 5 Feb. 205/1 Agreement was reported upon the payment of £5 to nurses in non-psychiatric hospitals upon passing the preliminary or hospital examination or assessment.
1972 N.Z. News 26 Jan. 3/5 The Post Primary Teachers' Association is pressing for internal assessment in place of the examination at fifth form level.
1985 Washington Post 18 June b4/5 Test scores and core curriculum are not the answers... That is why individual assessments are necessary.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as assessment board, assessment centre;
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1870 Daily News 18 Apr. Establishing County Assessment Boards, with power to hear..appeals from the Union Assessment Committees.
1948 Assessment of Men (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) x. 473 As a means of training graduate students as well as physicians..we cannot conceive of a better system than that provided by an Assessment center.
1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 Dec. 3/4 Members of the county committee accepted a report which included a £403,000 new assessment centre for the school.
1983 Listener 4 Aug. 24/3 Debbie had been sent to the assessment centre to escape her father's incestuous attentions.
C2.
assessment-work n. Mining (see quot.).
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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 104 Assessment-work, the work done annually on a mining claim to maintain possessory title.
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