cess
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9.9
A tax the government adds to pay for things like roads or schools
- noun
- /sɛs/
- UK
:
impuesto
- Citizens are concerned about the increase in cess on property taxes this year.
Examples
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A special cess is being introduced to support disaster relief efforts.
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Fuck this cess pool of filth and piss and semen!
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Well, this guy's going to heaven, and he's got an all "ax"cess pass.
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It's easy to predict, after only two films, that Diggler's suck-cess can only grow and grow and grow.
Fiction book (1997) -
This is cessna number november niner, niner, 7-2-5.
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He and Hitler have come and gone—and bad cess to them!
Fiction book (2000) -
The government proposed a new cess to fund public education programs.
Synonyms
13
5.3
An official charge of money that people must pay, like a tax
is a tax imposed to raise money for a specific purpose
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cess is a shortened form of assess, as in assessment, which originally means 'to decide how much someone should pay'. So a cess is simply a special government 'tax' or charge for a particular purpose.