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cess
1[ses]
noun
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.
verb (used with object)
British.to tax; assess.
cess
2[ses]
noun
luck (usually used in the expressionbad cess to ).
Bad cess to them!
cess
1/ ɛ /
noun
any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland
the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed prices
any military exaction
verb
(tr) to tax or assess for taxation
(formerly in Ireland) to impose (soldiers) upon a population, to be supported by them
cess
2/ ɛ /
noun
an Irish slang word for luck
bad cess to you!
cess
3/ ɛ /
noun
short for cesspool
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cess1
Origin of cess2
Example Sentences
The comments are where the cess is pooled.
The release alleges that Jessica “Cess Milla” Heyliger, 35, of Jamaica, Queens, was the “principal dealer of the weapons,” with Richmond-based Laquan Benson, 36, acting as “her main supplier.”
Newly resurfaced footage shows the president describing Epstein’s private Carribean island as a “cess pool.”
The excavation has revealed a "rare glimpse" of timber-built Roman military buildings, as well as rubbish and cess pits.
Sharon Ament, the museum’s director had been thinking about the possibility of displaying a fatberg in the museum – whose collection includes a variety of valuable objects retrieved from drains and cess pits and sewers from Roman times on – since the previous big find in Chinatown in Soho.
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