assessment

Use Assessment in a sentence

noun

the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.

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

an amount assessed as payable.

Origin:
1530–40; assess + -ment

Related forms

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source

Link To assessment

00:10

Assessment is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

Collins

World English Dictionary

assessment (əˈsɛsmənt)

—n
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 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

assessment

c.1540, "value of property for tax purposes," from assess + -ment. Meaning "determination or adjustment of tax rate" is from 1540s; general sense of "estimation" is recorded from 1620s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

assessment definition

The appraisal of property for the purposes of taxation.

Example sentences

And less time spent on assessment means more time for learning.

Harsh as that assessment may be, it seems about right.

If you deliver those things, they'll pat you genially on the head when

assessment time comes, and all will be well.

But he relied on his own assessment of those needs.

Enjoy Dictionary.com ad-free! Learn more

census church rate declaration fraternal insurance genetic screening Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery

Matching Quote

"The equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience is held by the same tenure with all our rights. [The legislature] are bound to leave this particular right untouched and sacred, [or] we must say, that they may control freedom of the press, may abolish the trial by jury, may swallow the Executive and the Judiciary Powers of the State; nay that they may despoil us of our very right of suffrage ... or we must say, that they have no authority to enact [a religious assessment]."

-James Madison