Dictionary Entry
assess
assess is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
- 2verb
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.
- 3verb
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.
- 4verb
To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
- 5verb
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"
- 6verb
estimate the value of (property) for taxation
"Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
- 7verb
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
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- 8verb
charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
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