assessment
Origin of assessment
1Other words from assessment
- mis·as·sess·ment, noun
- o·ver·as·sess·ment, noun
- pro·as·sess·ment, adjective
- re·as·sess·ment, noun
- self-as·sess·ment, noun
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How to use assessment in a sentence
The assessment of the strikes comes in real-time video from the aircraft.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI hardly spoke to every patron, but there may have been some validity to his assessment.
RELATED: Wing Span: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (PHOTOS) Not everyone agreed with her assessment.
I Got Kicked Out Of The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show | Nico Hines | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI asked Christian publisher Crossway Books for their assessment of the manipulation of the best-seller lists.
How the Religious Right Scams Its Way Onto the New York Times Bestseller List | Warren Throckmorton | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTime and again, the author confuses chattering class dissatisfaction with an honest assessment of accomplishment.
If the losses exceed the premiums thus paid in advance, then an assessment is made on each member to cover the deficiency.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWherefore they had done generous assessment work and had recorded their claim and built their monuments to mark its boundaries.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerYou owe the Eureka, as your share of the assessment, two dollars and forty cents.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonApproaching the assessment-roll, we may estimate the Astor estate at one thirtieth of the entire city.
In spite of its origin, the “assessment” was the model for later taxation of property.
British Dictionary definitions for assessment
/ (əˈsɛsmənt) /
the act of assessing, esp (in Britain) the evaluation of a student's achievement on a course
an amount determined as payable
a valuation set on taxable property, income, etc
evaluation; estimation
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Cultural definitions for assessment
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