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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

assessment

/əˈsɛsmənt/

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What does assessment mean?

noun

  1. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
  2. An appraisal or evaluation.

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/əˈsɛsmənt/

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The required assessment work was done and a patent for the land obtained from the government.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
These reflections are very sound, although they apply only to collection or assessment, and do not touch the principle of the tax itself.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
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The government neither gains nor loses by the additional tax, which is applied altogether to remedy the inequalities arising from the old assessment.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
The harp is the travelling patterer for the Universe’s Insurance Company, recommending its laws, and our little goodness is all the assessment that we pay.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
The question now was, whether a piece of ground outside the town should be secured as a burial-ground by means of assessment or by private subscription.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145