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单词 assessments
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assessment

noun

as·​sess·​ment ə-ˈses-mənt How to pronounce assessment (audio)
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1
: the action or an instance of making a judgment about something : the act of assessing something : appraisal
assessment of damages
an assessment of the president's achievements
2
: the amount assessed : an amount that a person is officially required to pay especially as a tax
the tax assessment on property

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History of Assessment

Assessment has two meanings (“an amount that a person is officially required to pay” and “the act of making a judgment about something”) so distinct that one might rightfully wonder if they come from different sources. They do not.

Both are derived from related senses of assess, a verb that for over 500 years has meant “to determine the rate or amount of (a tax).” The monetary sense of assessment is tied to this oldest use of assess. By the 19th century, the verb’s object shifted slightly to produce a new meaning, “to make an official valuation of (property) for the purposes of taxation.” It was but a short step from here to the broadened sense “to make a judgment about” that is the basis of assessment “the act of making a judgment.”

Synonyms

  • duty
  • imposition
  • impost
  • levy
  • tax
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Example Sentences

It's a difficult problem that requires careful assessment. I don't agree with his assessment of the problem. The owners claimed the tax assessment on their house was too high.
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Word History

Etymology

see assess

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

assessments

noun

plural of assessment
1
as in taxes
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use hated paying the annual assessment on his car

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • taxes
  • levies
  • impositions
  • tariffs
  • duties
  • tributes
  • personal taxes
  • imposts
  • capitations
  • poll taxes
  • property taxes
  • direct taxes
  • income taxes
  • excises
  • hidden taxes
  • surcharges
  • estate taxes
  • sales taxes
  • customs
  • surtaxes
  • withholding taxes
  • inheritance taxes
  • single taxes
  • supertaxes
  • proportional taxes
  • flat taxes
  • sin taxes
  • value-added taxes
  • tolls
  • death taxes
2
as in appraisals
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • appraisals
  • evaluations
  • appraisements
  • estimates
  • perceptions
  • impressions
  • estimations
  • judgements
  • feelings
  • judgments
  • value judgments
  • beliefs
  • notions
  • fixes
  • views
  • theories
  • convictions
  • confidences
  • hypotheses
  • sentiments
  • conjectures
  • aperçus
  • guesses
  • trusts
  • minds
  • faiths
  • persuasions
  • stocks
  • surmises
  • hunches
3
as in evaluations
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • evaluations
  • appraisals
  • estimates
  • appraisements
  • estimations
  • examinations
  • valuations
  • calculations
  • measurements
  • audits
  • reckonings
  • surveys
  • inspections
  • computations
  • reassessments
  • reviews
  • scans
  • checkups
  • scrutinies
  • mensurations
  • checks
  • transvaluations
  • overestimations
  • underestimations
  • overevaluations
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