Assessing

to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
to fix or determine the amount of (damages, a tax, a fine, etc.):
the hurricane damage was -ssessed at six million dollars.
to impose a tax or other charge on.
to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate:
to -ssess one’s efforts.
contemporary examples

there are several problems involved in -ssessing the value of such tests.
p-ssenger flights must stop carrying lithium-ion batteries as cargo clive irving may 4, 2014

yet unfortunately, americans are not, however, nearly so accurate at -ssessing national trends.
less fear, fewer guns david frum july 22, 2012

sitting on my couch, -ssessing my apartment, jim said, “i like that print.”
my friend james foley: ‘i just love being where the story’s happening’ sheila sharma may 15, 2011

-ssessing rape allegations gets still more challenging in the middle east, where even the suspicion of rape can break families.
escaping -ssad’s rape prisons: a survivor tells her story jamie dettmer october 27, 2014

my trip takes the reverse path, and i begin by -ssessing the depth of my shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
biking with the bard kara cutruzzula december 27, 2014

historical examples

the250 plots of these four owners are evidently brought together into a virgate for the purpose of -ssessing the services.
villainage in england paul vinogradoff

he was good at -ssessing physical values, and he felt scared.
colorado jim george goodchild

they did not object to the tax itself, but to the king’s -ssessing it by his own authority.
charles i jacob abbott

others have forbidden the practice of political committees of -ssessing office holders for campaign purposes.
government in the united states james wilford garner

marion said that, no doubt, after a hard day at -ssessing, such a sight would be soothing to a man.
our elizabeth florence a. kilpatrick

verb (transitive)
to judge the worth, importance, etc, of; evaluate
(foll by at) to estimate the value of (income, property, etc) for taxation purposes: the estate was -ssessed at three thousand pounds
to determine the amount of (a fine, tax, damages, etc)
to impose a tax, fine, etc, on (a person or property)
v.

early 15c., “to fix the amount (of a tax, fine, etc.),” from anglo-french -ssesser, from medieval latin -ssessare “fix a tax upon,” originally frequentative of latin -ssessus “a sitting by,” past participle of -ssidere “to sit beside” (and thus to -ssist in the office of a judge), from ad- “to” (see ad-) + sedere “to sit” (see sedentary). one of the judge’s -ssistant’s jobs was to fix the amount of a fine or tax. meaning “to estimate the value of property for the purpose of taxing it” is from 1809; transferred sense of “to judge the value of a person, idea, etc.” is from 1934. related: -ssessed; -ssessing.