assessment

  • 101assessment — 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” …

    Military dictionary

  • 102assessment — noun Date: 1534 1. the action or an instance of assessing ; appraisal 2. the amount assessed …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 103assessment — the state of a resource, such as a fish stock, as judged by a scientist of scientific body usually for management purposes. The stock may be judged as to size, potential yield, whether it is over or underexploited, age structure, index abundance …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 104assessment — /euh ses meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation. 2. an official valuation of property for the purpose of levying a tax; an assigned value. 3. an amount assessed as payable. [1530 40; ASSESS + MENT] * * * Process of setting a… …

    Universalium

  • 105assessment — noun a) The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. b) An appraisal or evaluation …

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  • 106assessment — Appraisal. health risk a. (h.r.a.) method of describing an individual s chance of falling ill or dying of a specified condition, based on actuarial calculations that compare chance of acquiring condition with that of general population expressed… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 107Assessment — Occurs when an asset s value must be determined for the purpose of taxation. This term also doubles as the name of the actual tax being levied in many cases. Assessments are made annually on some property, such as homes and cars. Other… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 108assessment — Synonyms and related words: Irish dividend, account, allowance, analyzing, appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, apprizal, approximation, assessing, assize, assizement, bill, blackmail, blood money, calculation, categorization, cess …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 109assessment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Valuation] Syn. appraisal, evaluation, estimation; see estimate 1 . 2. [Tax] Syn. levy, charge, fee; see tax 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. dunnage charge, tax. 2. evaluation appraisal, estimate. III (Roget s… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 110Assessment — As|sess|ment 〈[əsɛ̣smənt] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Wirtsch.〉 1. Einschätzung, Beurteilung (eines Bewerbers od. eines Projektes) 2. Schätzung, (Steuer )Veranlagung 3. 〈kurz für〉 Assessmentcenter [Etym.: engl., »Schätzung, Bewertung; Besteuerung«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch