TESSA

/ (ˈtɛsə) /

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n acronym for (in Britain)

Tax Exempt Special Savings Account; a former (available 1991–99) tax-free savings scheme

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Words nearby TESSA

TESL, tesla, Tesla coil, TESOL, Tess, TESSA, tessellate, tessellated, tessellated fundus, tessellation, tessera

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How to use TESSA in a sentence

Tessa will eventually meet her mother, Alex (Malin Akerman), though that might take a while.
‘Homeland,’ ‘Revenge,’ ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and More: Where We Left Off|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|September 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The show stars a teenager named Tessa, forced by her dad to leave New York City for so-called suburban bliss.
My Real-Life ‘Suburgatory’|Linda Erin Keenan|September 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Tessa Jowell Former Olympics Minister, offered a settlement.
Inside the Shadowy World of Phone-Hacking|William Coles|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Like her mother, Tessa, she now writes, including a novel, The Man With the Dancing Eyes.
Patricia Neal's Family of Titans|Olivia Cole|August 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Tessa, a writer and contributing editor to Tatler, suffered bouts of depression and alcoholism.
Patricia Neal's Family of Titans|Olivia Cole|August 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I hope that you never will grow up, said Tessa, earnestly, every thing is just as bad as you can dream.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
Tessa had gone down to her flower-bed to pull a few weeds that had pushed themselves in among her pansies.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
It is best not to dig and delve for a meaning, Miss Tessa; society sanctions many phrases that you would not speak in sincerity.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
If you get him, Tessa, youll get a catch, remarked Mrs. Wadsworth watching the effect of her words.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
Tessa, you are not brilliant, Miss Jewett had once remarked, but you do go right to the spot.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater