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Business Dictionary :
Assay Mark, Assemble, Assembly,
Assess and Assessment
Assay Mark, Assemble, Assembly,
Assess and Assessment
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Assay Mark : noun : mark put on gold or silver items to show that the metal is of the correct quality
Assemble : verb : to put a product together from various parts
• The engines are made in Japan and the bodies in Scotland and the cars are assembled in France.
Assembly : noun :
(a) putting an item together from various parts
• There are no assembly instructions to show you how to put the computer together.
Car Assembly Plant = factory where cars are put together from parts made in other factories
NOTE: no plural
(b) meeting
NOTE : Plural is assemblies.
Assembly Line : noun : production system where the product (such as a car) moves slowly through the factory with new sections added to it as it goes along
• He works on an assembly line.
• He is an assembly line worker.
Assess : verb : to calculate the value of something
• To assess damages at USD $ 1,000
• To assess a property for the purposes of insurance
Assessment : noun : calculation of value
• Assessment of damages
• Assessment of property
• Tax assessment
• Staff assessments = reports on how well members of staff are working