noun. The act of assessing; appraisal.

noun. An amount assessed, as for taxation.

noun. The act of assessing, determining, or adjusting the amount of taxation, charge, damages, etc., to be paid by an individual, a company, or a community.

noun. The amount so determined; the tax or specific sum charged upon a person or property: as, an assessment upon stockholders to pay corporate debts.

noun. An official valuation of property, profits, or income, for purposes of taxation.

noun. The value thus ascertained or assigned.

noun. In marine insurance, the fixing of that part of a loss which saved property must bear to compensate for property voluntarily sacrificed to prevent a total loss.

noun. The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid

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.

noun. The specific sum levied or assessed.

noun. An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a “call”).

noun. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

noun. An appraisal or evaluation.

noun. the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

noun. an amount determined as payable

noun. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

noun. the market value set on assets

"It's a must-read for anyone involved in assessment and apart from anything else makes you realise that assessment is teaching, in that students will quite rightly (as do we all) work out what has to be learnt and done based on what it takes to pass."