measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; “I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional”; “access all the factors when taking a risk”
assess
(verb) estimate the value of (property) for taxation; “Our house hasn’t been assessed in years”
tax, assess
(verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
assess
(verb) charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assess (third-person singular simple present assesses, present participle assessing, simple past and past participle assessed)
(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate
(transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
(transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.
• Sessas, sasses
Source: Wiktionary
As*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assessing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
