Show Search Results Show Browse
Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
ASSESSMENT, n. Sc. usage: the rate or poundage of tax levied by a local authority, a local rate (see quot.).Sc. 1908 S. H. Turner Local Taxation in Scot. 8:
In Scotland the word assessment is always used in the same sense as the word rate in England, and must not be confounded with valuation or rateable value.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Assessment n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 20 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00087747>
