- (v.) 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.
- (v.) To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
- (v.) To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
- (v.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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