Definitions for cess

cess cess

Spelling: [ses]
IPA: /sɛs/

Cess is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in cess (cess).

Definitions for cess

noun

  1. British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
  2. (in Scotland) a land tax.
  3. (in Ireland) a military assessment.
  4. (in India) an import or sales tax on a commodity.
  5. luck (usually used in the expression bad cess to):

verb (used with object)

  1. British. to tax; assess.

Origin of cess

1400-50; late Middle English; aphetic variant of obsolete assess assessment, noun use of assess (v.)

Examples for cess

Further clauses indict the inferior ministers occupied about the cess.

They say he has the taxes, too, in his power, and can cess you just as he likes.

Censer is apparently the name applied to one who pays a cense or cess.

That trunk went to Astoria instead of the Astor House, bad 'cess to it, and that's about as far apart as it could git.

The payment of cess for maintaining soldiers was the most grievous of burdens.

He was to have all wardships and marriages, and the Dublin government was to have no power of imposing any cess or tax.

The P—-cess then spoke of some trifle from my pen, which was simply signed Goliah Gahagan.

And there was the story about choosing the collector of the cess--'

For preaching525 that it was unlawful to pay the cess expresly exacted for bearing down the gospel.

Pour moi votre royaut a cess dtre politique et maintenant est historique; ma rpublique ne sen inquite pas.

Word Value for cess
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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