Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assess"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

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.

4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by
commissioners in the act. --Blackstone.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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: determine the court costs of; in court actions [syn: {tax}]


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