
1) British levy 2) British tax 3) English tax 4) Follower of Pro or Pre 5) Irish luck 6) Irish tax 7) Irish slang for luck 8) Land tax in Britain 9) Lead-in to pipe or pit 10) Luck in Erin 11) Luck of the irish 12) Old English tax 13) Old levy 14) Pool intro 15) Pool lead-in 16) Pool or pit start 17) Pool start
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Cess is a tax. It was the official term used in Ireland when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but has been superseded by `rate`. The term was formerly particularly applied to local taxation.{cn|date=June 2013} In colonial India it was applied, with a qualifying prefix, to any taxation, such as irrigation-cess, educ.....
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The area either side of the railway immediately off the ballast shoulder. This usually provides a safe area for workers to stand when trains approach.
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a set yearly payment to the Exchequer, like a farm, from the person responsible for collecting fines (other than for assarts) for one or more forests: anciently 'sess' as in 'assessment' (OED)
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• (n.) Bound; measure. • (v. i.) To cease; to neglect. • (n.) A rate or tax. • (v. t.) To rate; to tax; to assess.
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Cess is another name for sewage. Before mains drainage cess was often put in pits called cesspits or spread on fields.
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a set yearly payment to the Exchequer, like a farm, from the person responsible for collecting fines (other than for assarts) for one or more forests: anciently 'sess' as in 'assessment' (OED)
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tax, rates
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Cess intransitive verb [ French
cesser . See
Cease .] To cease; to neglect. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. Found on
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Cess noun [ For
sess , conts. from
Assess .]
1. A rate or tax. [ Obsolete or Prof. Eng. & Scot.]
Spenser. 2. Bound; measure. [ Obsolete] « The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all
cess .
Shak. »
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Cess transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Cessed ;
present participle & verbal noun Cessing .] To rate; to tax; to assess.
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Cess is Irish slang for luck.
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shallow drainage ditch beside the running lines
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The space alongside the railway between the ballast and a cable run or other boundary.
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The area either side of the railway immediately off the ballast shoulder. This usually provides a safe area for workers to stand when trains approach.
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a tax, assessment, or lien. · (in Scotland) a land tax. · (in Ireland) a military assessment. · (in India) an import or sales tax on a commodity.
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