Talk:Eggs/@comment-80.194.190.122-20120823083659/@comment-4830404-20121016134812

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[uh-ses] Show IPA verb (used with object) 1. to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation. 2. to fix or <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">determine the <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">amount <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">of (damages, a tax, a fine, etc.): <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">The <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">hurricane damage was <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">assessed at six million dollars. 3. <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">to <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">impose <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">a <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">tax <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">or <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">other charge on. 4. to estimate or <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">judge <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">the <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">value, character, etc., of; evaluate: to <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">assess <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">one's <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default;">efforts.