verb (used with object)
1.
to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
2.
to fix or determine the amount of (damages, a tax, a fine, etc.): The hurricane damage was assessed at six million dollars.
3.
to impose a tax or other charge on.
4.
to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate: to assess one's efforts.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English assessen < Medieval Latin assessāre to assess a tax, derivative of Latin assēssus seated beside (a judge) (past participle of assidēre), equivalent to as- as- + sed- (stem of sedēre to sit) + -tus past participle suffix
1400–50; late Middle English assessen < Medieval Latin assessāre to assess a tax, derivative of Latin assēssus seated beside (a judge) (past participle of assidēre), equivalent to as- as- + sed- (stem of sedēre to sit) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
as·sess·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·as·sess, verb (used with object)
re·as·sess, verb (used with object)
un·as·sess·a·ble, adjective
un·as·sessed, adjective
EXPANDwell-as·sessed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. appraise, adjust. 4. appraise.
2. appraise, adjust. 4. appraise.
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Assessing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
assess
early 15c., "to fix the amount (of a tax, fine, etc.)," from Anglo-Fr. assesser, from M.L. assessare "fix a tax upon," originally frequentative of L. assessus, pp. of assidere "to sit beside" (and thus to assist in the office of a judge), from ad- "to" + sedere "to sit." One of the judge's assistant's
EXPANDjobs was to fix the amount of a fine or tax. Meaning "to estimate the value of property for the purpose of taxing it" is from 1809; transf. sense of "to judge the value of a person, idea, etc." is from 1934.
COLLAPSE
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