All 3 Uses of
assess
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- ...and then with an alteration in the mode of assessment, which I thought not for the better, but with an additional provision for lighting as well as paving the streets, which was a great improvement.
(definition 1)assessment = charging a tax or fee
- That the assessors were honest and discreet men under an oath to assess fairly and equitably, and that any advantage each of them might expect in lessening his own tax by augmenting that of the proprietaries was too trifling to induce them to perjure themselves.
(definition 2) *assess = determine the monetary value of something (for the purpose of taxation)
- After a full enquiry, they unanimously sign'd a report that they found the tax had been assess'd with perfect equity.
(definition 1) *assess'd = set
Definitions:
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(1) (assess as in: assess a fee or penalty) charge a tax, fine, fee, or penalty
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(2) (assess as in: assess the monetary value) determine a numeric value of something -- such as a property's value or a truck's weight