Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To assess (a property) as being worth more than its actual value, leading to the imposition of an overly high tax based on the valuation.
- transitive verb To collect a tax higher than that justified by law from (someone).
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Examples
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Experts say much of the population is like that of Ohio, hit hard by economic problems, disgusted seeing their jobs head overassess, that NAFTA problem, again.
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"I don't feel that's a bona fide reason to overassess me."
Freep.com - RSS 2010
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Do teams underachieve or does the meda overassess?
Rocky Top Talk 2009
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"Banks have a probability to overassess the risks they're taking with other counterparties.
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