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assess

to appraise or evaluate; estimate value for tax purposes

Not to be confused with:

asses – more than one donkey or dolt

as·sess

(ə-sĕs′)

tr.v. as·sessed, as·sess·ing, as·sess·es

1. To determine the value, significance, or extent of; appraise. See Synonyms at estimate.

2. To estimate the value of (property) for taxation.

3. To set or determine the amount of (a payment, such as a tax or fine).

a. To charge (a person or property) with a special payment, such as a tax or fine.

b. Sports To charge (a player, coach, or team) with a foul or penalty.

[Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Latin assidēre, assess-, to sit by as an assistant judge : ad-, ad- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

as·sess′a·ble adj.

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assess

(əˈsɛs)

vb (tr)

1. to judge the worth, importance, etc, of; evaluate

2. (Banking & Finance) (foll by at) to estimate the value of (income, property, etc) for taxation purposes: the estate was assessed at three thousand pounds.

3. (Banking & Finance) to determine the amount of (a fine, tax, damages, etc)

4. (Banking & Finance) to impose a tax, fine, etc, on (a person or property)

[C15: from Old French assesser, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, from sedēre to sit]

asˈsessable adj

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as•sess

(əˈsɛs)

v.t.

1. to estimate officially the value of (property) for tax purposes.

2. to determine the amount of (damages, a fine, etc.).

3. to impose a tax or other charge on:to assess members for painting the clubhouse.

4. to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate: to assess one's efforts.

[1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French assesser) < Medieval Latin assessāre, as frequentative of Latin assidēre (see assize) or derivative of Latin assessor assessor]

as•sess′a•ble, adj.

assess

Past participle: assessed
Gerund: assessing

Imperative
assess
assess

Present
I assess
you assess
he/she/it assesses
we assess
you assess
they assess

Preterite
I assessed
you assessed
he/she/it assessed
we assessed
you assessed
they assessed

Present Continuous
I am assessing
you are assessing
he/she/it is assessing
we are assessing
you are assessing
they are assessing

Present Perfect
I have assessed
you have assessed
he/she/it has assessed
we have assessed
you have assessed
they have assessed

Past Continuous
I was assessing
you were assessing
he/she/it was assessing
we were assessing
you were assessing
they were assessing

Past Perfect
I had assessed
you had assessed
he/she/it had assessed
we had assessed
you had assessed
they had assessed

Future
I will assess
you will assess
he/she/it will assess
we will assess
you will assess
they will assess

Future Perfect
I will have assessed
you will have assessed
he/she/it will have assessed
we will have assessed
you will have assessed
they will have assessed

Future Continuous
I will be assessing
you will be assessing
he/she/it will be assessing
we will be assessing
you will be assessing
they will be assessing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been assessing
you have been assessing
he/she/it has been assessing
we have been assessing
you have been assessing
they have been assessing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been assessing
you will have been assessing
he/she/it will have been assessing
we will have been assessing
you will have been assessing
they will have been assessing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been assessing
you had been assessing
he/she/it had been assessing
we had been assessing
you had been assessing
they had been assessing

Conditional
I would assess
you would assess
he/she/it would assess
we would assess
you would assess
they would assess

Past Conditional
I would have assessed
you would have assessed
he/she/it would have assessed
we would have assessed
you would have assessed
they would have assessed

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Verb	1.	assess - 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" appraise, evaluate, valuate, value, measure grade, score, mark - assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" rate, value - estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years" standardise, standardize - evaluate by comparing with a standard reassess, reevaluate - revise or renew one's assessment censor - subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
	2.	assess - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine tax, assess - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) bill, charge - demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
	3.	assess - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) tax set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" assess - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
	4.	assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years" estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value, measure - 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

1. judge, determine, estimate, fix, analyse, evaluate, rate, value, check out, compute, gauge, weigh up, appraise, size up (informal), eye up The test was to assess aptitude rather than academic achievement.

2. evaluate, rate, tax, value, demand, estimate, fix, impose, levy What is the assessed value of the property?

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assess

verb

1. To establish and apply as compulsory:

exact, impose, levy, put.

2. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of:

appraise, assay, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, rate, size up, valuate, value.

Idiom: take the measure of.

Translations

يُقَدِّر الضَّريبَهيُقَدِّر، يُخَمِّن

ohodnotitocenitodhadnoutodhadnout k účelům zdanění

anslåberegneopgørevurdere

einschätzen abschätzen

evaluar calcular

évaluer taxer apprécier estimer

áætla, metameta

valutare stimare tassare accertare calcolare

apskaičiuotivertintojas

aplikt ar nodoklinovērtēt

anslå likne taksere vurdere

değerlendirmek hesaplamak

为征税估定财产的价值對數量或質量進行估價

assess

[əˈses] VT

1. (= evaluate) [+ damage, property] → valorar, tasar; [+ situation etc] → valorar
how do you assess your chances now? → ¿cómo valora sus posibilidades ahora?

2. (= calculate) [+ value, amount] → calcular (at en) [+ income] → gravar

3. (Univ, Scol, Ind) → evaluar
how did you assess this candidate? → ¿cómo evaluó a este candidato?

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assess

[əˈsɛs] vt

[+ person, student] → évaluer

[+ tax, damages] → établir le montant de; [+ tax claim] → évaluer; [+ property] (for tax) → calculer la valeur imposable de

[+ impact] → évaluer

assess

person, chances, abilities, needs → einschätzen; problem, situation, prospects → beurteilen, einschätzen; proposal → abwägen; damage → abschätzen

property → schätzen, taxieren; person (for tax purposes) → veranlagen (at mit); to assess something at its true worth → einer Sache (dat) → den richtigen Wert beimessen

fine, tax → festsetzen, bemessen (→ at auf +acc); damages → schätzen (→ at auf +acc)

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assess

[əˈsɛs] vt (gen) → valutare; (property, tax) → accertare l'imponibile di; (damages) → valutare (fig) (situation) → giudicare

assess

(əˈses) verb

1. to estimate or judge the quality or quantity of. Can you assess my chances of winning?

2. to estimate in order to calculate tax due on. My income has been assessed wrongly.

asˈsessment noun

asˈsessor noun

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She could not assess her trespass by any moral code; it was everything or nothing.

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To lighten the burden of taxation is not, in matters of finance, to diminish the taxes, but to assess them better; if lightened, you increase the volume of business by giving it freer play; the individual pays less and the State receives more.

Suppose a share assessed to each person of one or two francs for the consumption of salt and you obtain ten or a dozen millions; the modern "gabelle" disappears, the poor breathe freer, agriculture is relieved, the State receives as much, and no tax-payer complains.

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These governors give notice to the adjacent places that the army is to march that way on such a day, and that they are assessed such a quantity of bread, beer, and cows.

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The Cretans conducted their public meals better than the Lacedaemonians, for at Lacedsemon each individual was obliged to furnish what was assessed upon him; which if he could not do, there was a law which deprived him of the rights of a citizen, as has been already mentioned: but in Crete they were furnished by the community; for all the corn and cattle, taxes and contributions, which the domestic slaves were obliged to furnish, were divided into parts and allotted to the gods, the exigencies of the state, and these public meals; so that all the men, women, and children were maintained from a common stock.

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'Departed Assessed Taxes;' introducing a vase and towel, standing on what might represent the cake of soap.

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He condemns a whole street at a time, assesses the damages, pays them, and rebuilds superbly.

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The regent's lady ordered one of her servants to give the eighty crowns that had been assessed as her share at once, for the captains had already paid down their sixty.

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"To Henriet Cousin, master executor of the high works of justice in Paris, the sum of sixty sols parisis, to him assessed and ordained by monseigneur the provost of Paris, for having bought, by order of the said sieur the provost, a great broad sword, serving to execute and decapitate persons who are by justice condemned for their demerits, and he hath caused the same to be garnished with a sheath and with all things thereto appertaining; and hath likewise caused to be repointed and set in order the old sword, which had become broken and notched in executing justice on Messire Louis de Luxembourg, as will more fully appear .

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By monitoring our student athletes, we can assess their physical and psychological states.

Monitoring your athletes vs overtraining

These authors suggest that before one begins a design one should assess oneself to determine whether one's online teaching will be synchronous or asynchronous.