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    cess
    /sɛs/

    noun

    • 1. (in Scotland, Ireland, and India) a tax or levy.

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  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. British. (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland. 2. (formerly, in Ireland) a. the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed prices. b. any military exaction. verb. 3. (transitive) British. to tax or assess for taxation. 4.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › cessCESS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland. formerly, in Ireland. the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed prices.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cessCess Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. ˈses. chiefly Ireland. : luck usually used in the phrase bad cess to you. Word History. Etymology. probably short for success. First Known Use. 1830, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of cess was in 1830. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near cess. cespitose. cessation.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › cessCess - definition of cess by The Free Dictionary

    n. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland. 2. (Historical Terms) (formerly, in Ireland) a. the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed prices. b. any military exaction. vb. 3.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordCESS - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    1. British. (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland. [...] 2. (formerly, in Ireland) a. the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed prices. [...] b. any military exaction. [...] 3. British. to tax or assess for taxation. [...] 4.

  7. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › cesscess - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jul 7, 2024 · IREN[EUS] Cess is none other than that which you yourself called Imposition, but is in a kind unacquainted perhaps unto you; for there are Cesses of sundry sorts: one is the Cessing of Soldiers upon the Countrey; [...]

  8. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishcess - Definition in English - bab.la

    What is the meaning of "cess"? Definition Synonyms Translator Phrasebook open_in_new. English definitions powered by Oxford Languages. cess. volume_up.

  9. www.wordreference.com › definition › cesscess - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    cess / sɛs / n. an Irish slang word for luck; Etymology: 19 th Century: probably from cess 1 (sense 2)

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › cessCess Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Noun. Singular: cess. Plural: cesses. Origin of Cess. Shortened form of assess, spelled by analogy with census and other Latinate words. From Wiktionary. Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning "bog". From Wiktionary. French cesser. See cease. From Wiktionary.

  11. www.definitions.net › definition › CESSWhat does CESS mean? - Definitions.net

    1. A levy made upon the inhabitants of a place, rated according to their property. The like cess is also charged upon the country sometimes for victualling the soldiers, when they lie in garrison. Edmund Spenser. 2. The act of laying rates. 3. [from cesse, Fr.] It seems to have been used by William Shakespeare for bounds, or limits.

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