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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cess1 (ses),USA pronunciation n. - British Termsa tax, assessment, or lien.
- (in Scotland) a land tax.
- (in Ireland) a military assessment.
- (in India) an import or sales tax on a commodity.
v.t. - British Termsto tax;
assess.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; aphetic variant of obsolete assess assessment, noun, nominal use of assess (verb, verbal)
- British Termsluck (usually used in the expression bad cess to):Bad cess to them!
- perh. aphetic variant of success 1855–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cess /sɛs/ n - Brit any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland
Etymology: 16th Century: short for assessment cess /sɛs/ n - an Irish slang word for luck
Etymology: 19th Century: probably from cess1 (sense 2) -cess-, root. - -cess- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "move, yield.'' It is related to -cede-. This meaning is found in such words as: access, accessible, accessory, cession, process, procession, recess, recession, success, succession.
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