1. (n.) 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. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) The specific sum levied or assessed.

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

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