A Topical Dictionary: Search for assess

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English

Etymology

From assessum, past participle of assideo|assidere.

Pronunciation

IPA: /əˈsɛs/
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Verb

To give or charge with (as with penalties in sports).
To determine the value of.
To impose or subject to (taxation and legal).

Translations

Finnish: arvioida, määrittää
French: estimer, évaluer

Portuguese: estimar, avaliar
Dutch: beoordelen, evalueren

fa:assess fr:assess io:assess it:assess lt:assess hu:assess pl:assess pt:assess simple:assess ta:assess te:assess vi:assess tr:assess zh:assess

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Assess \As*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assessed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Assessing.] [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL.
assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as
if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to
assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]
1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for
the purpose of taxation.
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2. To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community,
or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to
impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income)
according to a rate or apportionment.
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3. To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person,
community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club
assessed each member twenty-five cents.
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4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
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This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by
commissioners in the act. --Blackstone.
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WordNet assess
v 1: place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have
the family jewels appraised by a professional" [syn: measure,
evaluate, valuate, appraise, value]
2: charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a
tax or a fine
3: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
[syn: tax]
4: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house
hasn't been assessed in years"

Moby Dictionary
account , appraise , appreciate , ask , assay , calculate , calibrate ,
caliper , call , catalog , categorize , charge , charge for ,
check a parameter , class , classify , compute , consider , deem ,
demand , dial , divide , estimate , evaluate , exact , factor ,
fair-trade , fathom , figure , form an estimate , gauge ,
give an appreciation , graduate , group , guess , identify , impose ,
levy , make an estimation , make dutiable , mark , measure , mensurate ,
mete , meter , pace , plumb , price , prize , pro rata , probe , prorate ,
put , quantify , quantize , quote a price , rank , rate , reckon ,
require , set at , sift , size , size up , sort , sort out , sound , span ,
step , stick for , survey , take a reading , tax , thrash out , tithe ,
triangulate , valorize , valuate , value , weigh , winnow