ASSESS, ASSESSMENT
NOUNS
► JUDICATURE assessment, appraisal; mental judgement; the formation of authoritative expression of opinion → 1631 obs.
► LAY an assessment, impost, rate, tax → 1558 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PONDERATION assessment, deliberation; pondering, contemplation, musing → 1556
VERBS
► EYEBALL to make a visual assessment or inspection of; to measure by sight alone; to estimate by eye → 1958 orig. US
► GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to assess, to look over → 1910 sl., orig. US
► LAY to assess, to rate, to tax a person → 1330 obs.
► TEST THE WATERS to make a preliminary assessment → 1970 Amer. sl.
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