Definition of "cess" in English

noun

1. (British, Ireland, India) An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.

2. (British, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.

3. (obsolete) Bound; measure.

verb

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

noun

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.

2. (obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.

3. (obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

verb

1. (obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.