1. Noun
The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.
2. Noun
A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.
3. Noun
The specific sum levied or assessed.
4. Noun
An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call").
5. Noun
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
6. Noun
the market value set on assets
Vocabulary classified under Economics
7. Noun
an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
8. Noun
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
Vocabulary classified under Education
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