cess
1[ses]
- British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- (in Scotland) a land tax.
- (in Ireland) a military assessment.
- (in India) an import or sales tax on a commodity.
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- British. to tax; assess.
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Origin of cess
11400–50; late Middle English; aphetic variant of obsolete assess assessment, noun use of assess (v.)
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And frequently they were forced to pay quartering money for more men than were in reality “cessed on them.”
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25)Robert Louis Stevenson
And frequently they were forced to pay quartering money for more men than were in reality ‘cessed on them.’
Lay MoralsRobert Louis Stevenson
cess
1- British 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
- any military exaction
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- (tr) British to tax or assess for taxation
- (formerly in Ireland) to impose (soldiers) upon a population, to be supported by them
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Word Origin for cess
C16: short for assessment
cess
2- an Irish slang word for luck bad cess to you!
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Word Origin for cess
C19: probably from cess 1 (sense 2)
cess
3- short for cesspool
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Word Origin and History for cessed
cess
"tax, levy," 1530s, short for assess (q.v.).
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