assessing

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assessing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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