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as·sess·ment

(ə-sĕs′mənt)

1. The act of assessing; appraisal.

2. An amount assessed, as for taxation.

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assessment

(əˈsɛsmənt)

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

2. (Banking & Finance) an amount determined as payable

3. (Banking & Finance) a valuation set on taxable property, income, etc

4. evaluation; estimation

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as•sess•ment

(əˈsɛs mənt)

n.

1. the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.

2. an official valuation of property, used as a basis for levying a tax.

3. an amount assessed as payable.

[1530–40]

assessment

1. Analysis of the security, effectiveness, and potential of an existing or planned intelligence activity.
2. Judgment of the motives, qualifications, and characteristics of present or prospective employees or "agents."

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	assessment - the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth appraisal categorisation, categorization, sorting, classification - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories critical analysis, critical appraisal - an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation rating, valuation, evaluation - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" assay, check - an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" acid test - a rigorous or crucial appraisal reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review - a new appraisal or evaluation underevaluation - an appraisal that underestimates the value of something
	2.	assessment - an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"
	3.	assessment - the market value set on assets monetary value, price, cost - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" tax assessment - the value set on taxable property
	4.	assessment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" judgment, judgement human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen justice - judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments adjudication - the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented disapproval - the act of disapproving or condemning evaluation, rating - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of estimate, estimation - a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" logistic assessment - a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation value judgement, value judgment - an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed

assessment

noun

1. judgment, analysis, determination, evaluation, valuation, appraisal, estimation, rating, opinion, estimate, computation He was remanded to a mental hospital for assessment.

2. evaluation, rating, rate, charge, tax, demand, fee, duty, toll, levy, tariff, taxation, valuation, impost inflated assessments of mortgaged property

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

assessment

noun

1. The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone:

appraisal, appraisement, estimate, estimation, evaluation, judgment, valuation.

2. A compulsory contribution, usually of money, that is required for the support of a government:

duty, impost, levy, tariff, tax.

Translations

تَقْدير، تَخْمين

odhadohodnocení

bedømmelseopgørelsevurdering

Bewertung Einschätzung Schätzung Abschätzung Begutachtung

evaluación valoración

arviointi

appréciation estimation évaluation

adóztatásfelbecsülésmegadóztatás

mat

valutazione calcolo estimo inclinazione stima

afweging

anslag taksering verdsetting

ohodnotenie

değerlendirme

估算評價

assessment

[əˈsesmənt] N

1. (= evaluation) [of damage, property] → valoración f, tasación f; (= judgment) → juicio m, valoración f
what is your assessment of the situation? → ¿qué juicio or valoración le merece la situación?

2. (Fin, Tax) tax assessment → cálculo m de los ingresos, estimación f de la base impositiva

3. (Univ, Scol, Ind) (= appraisal) → evaluación f
see also continuous

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

assessment

[əˈsɛsmənt] n

(= evaluation) [needs, risks, damage, effects] → évaluation f, estimation f
assessment of → jugement m sur, opinion f sur

[tax] → estimation f, évaluation f

(SCHOOL, INDUSTRY) [student, pupil, worker] → évaluation f
continuous assessment → contrôle continu

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

assessment

(= evaluation) (of person, chances, abilities, needs) → Einschätzung f; (of problem, situation, prospects also) → Beurteilung f; (of proposal, advantages also) → Abwägen nt; (of damage) → Schätzung f; in my assessment → meines Erachtens; what’s your assessment of the situation? → wie sehen or beurteilen Sie die Lage?

(Fin, of property) → Schätzung f, → Taxierung f; (of person: for tax purposes) → Veranlagung f

(Jur) (of fine, tax) → Festsetzung, Bemessung f; (of damages) → Schätzung f

(Sch, Univ: of student) → Einstufung f; (Med: of patient) → Beurteilung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

assessment

[əˈsɛsmənt] n (of value, damages) → valutazione f; (of property, tax) → accertamento; (judgment) assessment (of) → giudizio (su)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

assess

(əˈses) verb

1. to estimate or judge the quality or quantity of. Can you assess my chances of winning?

2. to estimate in order to calculate tax due on. My income has been assessed wrongly.

asˈsessment noun

asˈsessor noun

as·sess·ment

n. evaluación;

clinical ___ → ___ clínica;

health ___ → ___ del estado de salud.

assessment

n evaluación f, valoración f

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It was also published in the Wall Street Journal, and it was to the effect, on apparently straight inside information, that on Thursday, when the directors of Ward Valley met, instead of the customary dividend being declared, an assessment would be levied.

True to the rumor, Ward Valley levied the assessment. Daylight threw up his arms.

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To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.

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An' the union took time by the neck and levied a four dollar emergency assessment on every member just to be ready if the strike was pulled off.

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The harp is the travelling patterer for the Universe's Insurance Company, recommending its laws, and our little goodness is all the assessment that we pay.

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The first affirmed, "the justest method would be, to lay a certain tax upon vices and folly; and the sum fixed upon every man to be rated, after the fairest manner, by a jury of his neighbours." The second was of an opinion directly contrary; "to tax those qualities of body and mind, for which men chiefly value themselves; the rate to be more or less, according to the degrees of excelling; the decision whereof should be left entirely to their own breast." The highest tax was upon men who are the greatest favourites of the other sex, and the assessments, according to the number and nature of the favours they have received; for which, they are allowed to be their own vouchers.

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Land taxes are co monly laid in one of two modes, either by ACTUAL valuations, permanent or periodical, or by OCCASIONAL assessments, at the discretion, or according to the best judgment, of certain officers whose duty it is to make them.

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Since the Act of Parliament, which had been hurriedly passed, authorizing assessments for sanitary measures, there had been a Board for the superintendence of such measures appointed in Middlemarch, and much cleansing and preparation had been concurred in by Whigs and Tories.

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And he had had a swift vision of his mother and brothers and sisters, their multitudinous wants, the house with its painting and repairing, its street assessments and taxes, and of the coming of children to him and Genevieve, and of his own daily wage in the sail-making loft.

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Assessments and taxes were enormous; the public works were notoriously neglected, the accounts were slurred over by bribed auditors, and the decent citizen was terrorized into paying public blackmail, and holding his tongue lest some worse thing befall him.

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Lastly, Chapter 6 "Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Program Improvement," focuses on what faculty need to know about creating assessment plans that improve what students learn in their courses (Osguthorpe, Bradley, & Johnson, 2010).

Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters

In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to the development of assessment instruments and key performance measures for reporting on student skills, knowledge and understandings in primary science.

National Assessment Program--Science Literacy Year 6 School Release Materials, 2006

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