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1 definition found 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.
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