Meaning cess
What does cess mean? Here you find 6 meanings of the word cess. You can also add a definition of cess yourself
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cess"tax, levy," 1530s, short for assess (q.v.).
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cess rate, reckoning.
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cessMeasure, as ex-cess, excess-ive. Out of all cess means excessively, i.e. ex (out of all) cess.
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cessrate, reckoning
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cess, (1) v. a house painter’s term. When water is put on an oily surface it is said to cess, i.e. it runs into separate drops. (2) sb. ‘Bad cess to you,’ saying; i.e. bad luck.
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cessCess is another name for sewage. Before mains drainage cess was often put in pits called cesspits or spread on fields.
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