Literary notes about assessment (AI summary)
The term “assessment” in literature is used in a range of ways that extend from concrete fiscal or environmental evaluations to more subjective judgments. In some works, it functions as a technical term for the appraisal of taxes, property, or economic conditions—for example, references to land tax assessments in [1] and property valuations in [2] and [3] illustrate its financial and administrative contexts. In other texts, “assessment” is applied more toward personal or analytical evaluations, as seen when a character deems a simulated execution a “fair assessment” in [4] or when an individual states, “That's my assessment,” in [5]. Through these various uses, the word both measures material value and conveys individual judgment, underscoring its versatile role in literary expressions.
- Either from design or from accident, the mode of assessment seemed to unite the substance of a land tax with the forms of a capitation.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - [193] NOTE II COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF GENERAL REVENUE OF THE CITY OF MONTREAL, FROM 1880 TO 1912 Assessment on real estate.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton - It might not, perhaps, be altogether so certain, and the assessment of the tax might frequently occasion a good deal more trouble to the landlord.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - They call it a simulated execution, and from what I can tell from this side of the room, that's a fair assessment.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - "That's my assessment," I replied.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
