cessment

English

Etymology

From cess +‎ -ment. See cess (verb).

Noun

cessment (plural cessments)

1. (obsolete) An assessment or tax.
   • 1652, Prudencio de SANDOVAL, The Civil Wars in Spain:

     charge the Kingdom with a new Cessment of four hundred chousand Duckers

References

• “cessment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• centesms