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Webster 1913 Edition
Assessment
As-sess′ment
,Noun.
[LL.
assessamentum
.] 1.
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.
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☞ An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay.
Blackstone. Burrill.
3.
The specific sum levied or assessed.
4.
An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a “call”).
[U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Assessment
ASSESS'MENT
,Noun.
1.
A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It may be a direct charge of the tax to be paid; or a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay; on which valuation the law imposes a specific sum upon a given amount.2.
A tax or specific sum charged on the person or property.3.
The act of assessing; the act of determining the amount of damages by a jury.Definition 2024
assessment
assessment
English
Noun
assessment (plural assessments)
Translations
act of assessing a tax
appraisal
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