Cess

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Irish Luck.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. An assessed tax.
  • n. Luck
  • v. To levy a cess.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rate or tax.
  • n. Bound; measure.
  • v. To rate; to tax; to assess.
  • verb-intransitive. To cease; to neglect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cease.
  • To neglect a legal duty.
  • To impose a tax upon; assess.
  • n. A rate or tax; a public- imposition.
  • n. In Scotland, the land-tax; a permanent tax fixed at Ā£47,954 per annum, to be levied out of the land-rent of Scotland forever, subject, however, to a power of redemption.
  • n. Estimation; measure.
  • n. Luck: used chiefly in the imprecation bad cess to you (it, them, etc.).
  • Word Usage
    "A cess is a form of octroi tax and has the advantage of the payer not having to pay up at every octroi post like in other cases."
    Verb Form
    cessed    cesses    cessing   
    Cross Reference
    cesspool    cease    cessation   
    Form
    cessed    cessing    cess path    cess heave    bad cess   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bound    measure    rate    tax    assess    cease    neglect   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ceptance    duction    jection    cessful    staup    ligula    cording    lence    remplit    quartzeux