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assessment

n. the market value set on assets

assessment

n. an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"

appraisal

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

judgment, judgement

n. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

duty, tariff

n. a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"

taxation, tax, revenue enhancement

n. charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

rate

n. a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate"

custom, impost, customs, customs duty

n. money collected under a tariff

analysis, critique

n. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

criticism, critique

n. a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

account, story, report, write up, news report

n. a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

opinion, ruling

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

finding

n. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

sensing, perceiving, perception

n. becoming aware of something via the senses

verdict, finding of fact

n. (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

determination, decision, conclusion

n. the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

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