[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of fixing the amount of or apportioning taxation, etc.; assessment.
1447–8. Shillingford, Lett. (1871), 80. Accessyng and levy was mad amonge the sayde Bysschoppis tenantes.
1622. Ley in Fortesc. Papers, 175. About the assessing of the prices of wynes.
1635. Act 10 Chas. I. (Irish), 9. At the time of the said assessings.
