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assessment
A	noun
	1	judgment, judgement, assessment
			the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚judgment, judgement, assessment ╚value judgment; value judgement ╚logistic assessment ╚estimate; estimation ╚evaluation; rating ╚disapproval ╚adjudication
	2	assessment
			the market value set on assets
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚worth ╚value ╚monetary value; price; cost ╚assessment ╚tax assessment
	3	appraisal, assessment
			the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚classification; categorization; categorisation; sorting ╚appraisal, assessment ╚underevaluation ╚reappraisal; revaluation; review; reassessment ╚acid test ╚assay; check ╚evaluation; valuation; rating ╚critical appraisal; critical analysis
	4	assessment
			an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"
		Category Tree: possession ╚liabilities ╚charge ╚assessment