I. ˈses transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Middle English cessen, sessen, short for assessen — more at assess
Britain : tax
II. noun
( -es )
1. : assessment , levy , tax :
a. now dialect Britain : a local tax
b. Scotland : the land tax
c. India : a tax especially upon a commodity or for a special purpose
a tea cess
a road cess
an education cess
2. : an exaction of provisions at a fixed price for the supply of the household and soldiers of the lord lieutenant of Ireland ; broadly : a military exaction or imposition
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- out of all cess
III. noun
( -es )
Etymology: probably short for success
chiefly Irish : luck — used chiefly in the phrase bad cess to
wish bad cess to all his enemies