assess

Definition

  • verb: to make a judgment about (something)
  • verb: to determine the rate or amount of (as a tax)
  • synonyms: tax, levy, charged

Examples

  • The bank 'assesses' [=(more commonly) 'charges, imposes'] a fee for replacing lost credit cards.

  • The company was 'assessed' $12 million in fines for polluting the river.

  • The school will 'assess' [='evaluate'] the students' progress each year.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We've located an individual, we believe, based on detainee reporting, is bin Laden's courier. He's living in a house, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. And we assess, that one of the other occupants of the house, is UBL. General. Excuse me. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty