noun. Luck.

To cease.

To neglect a legal duty.

noun. A rate or tax; a public- imposition.

noun. In Scotland, the land-tax; a permanent tax fixed at £47,954 per annum, to be levied out of the land-rent of Scotland forever, subject, however, to a power of redemption.

noun. Estimation; measure.

To impose a tax upon; assess.

noun. Luck: used chiefly in the imprecation bad cess to you (it, them, etc.).

noun. A rate or tax.

noun. Bound; measure.

transitive verb. To rate; to tax; to assess.

intransitive verb. To cease; to neglect.

noun. 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.

noun. An assessed tax.

noun. Luck

verb. To levy a cess.

"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."

cease  cessation  cesspool  

bad cess  cess heave  cess path  cessed  cessing  

Duce  ceptance  cessful  conjurati  cording  

assess  bound  cease  measure  neglect  

cessed  cesses  cessing