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单词 assessment
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assessmentn.

Brit. /əˈsɛsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈsɛsmənt/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s assessement. See aphetic sessment n.
Etymology: < assess v. + -ment suffix, probably in Anglo-Norman assessement.
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.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment
affeerance1463
assessment1548
affeerment1641
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax
taxationc1325
assessing1447
assession1447
sessinga1500
cessmentc1540
sessmentc1540
assessment1548
assess1576
taxment1612
cension1618
censing1692
jummabundi1772
cessing1882
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.
ΘΚΠ
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.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun] > determined by assessment > amount determined to be paid
assessment1611
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.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > valuation for
extentc1330
stent138.
stint1485
rating1534
assessmentc1540
ratement?1577
rate1600
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]
weenc888
rightnessOE
steemc1330
sight1362
witc1374
emprisea1393
reputation?c1400
apprizingc1449
nick?a1450
vail1471
countc1475
opinionc1480
estimationc1522
meting1548
reckoning1548
valuation1548
computation1558
account1583
cess1588
esteem1598
appreciation1605
resentiment1606
repute1610
ratea1616
assessmenta1626
estimate1637
vote1639
supputation1643
compute1646
value1651
resentment1655
contemplation1673
critique1798
appraisement1808
appraisal1817
viewa1854
sizing up1967
chit1989
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.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun]
examination1421
examen1612
probation1645
trial1672
exam1837
mug1853
special1890
mid-year1895
periodical1897
test1910
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;
ΚΠ
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.).
ΚΠ
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 104 Assessment-work, the work done annually on a mining claim to maintain possessory title.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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