cess

See also Cess, and ċess

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Cess

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

Shortened form of assess, spelled by analogy with census and other Latinate words.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (UK, Ireland) An assessed tax.
2. (UK, Ireland, informal) Luck

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (UK, Ireland) To levy a cess.

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Derived terms

• bad cess

See also

• cease
• cessation

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning "bog".

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

Derived terms

• cess path
• cess heave

See also

• cesspool
• cesspit

Etymology 3

French cesser. See cease.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (obsolete) To cease; to neglect.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• secs

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Swedish

Noun

cess n

1. C-flat

Declension

Declension of cess

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cess	cesset	cess	cessen
genitive	cess	cessets	cess	cessens

Related terms

• ciss