Definitions for cesses

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cesses cess

Spelling: [ses]

IPA: /sɛs/

Cesses is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in cesses (ceesss).

Definitions for cesses

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 cesses

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

Examples for cesses

The washing water and chloride of lime are then to be worked down the gutters, into the sinks, cesses, or natural watercourses.