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cess

1  [ses]
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–noun
1. British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
2. (in Scotland) a land tax.
3. (in Ireland) a military assessment.
4. (in India) an import or sales tax on a commodity.
–verb (used with object)
5. British. to tax; assess.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; aph. var. of obs. assess assessment, n. use of assess (v.)

cess

2  [ses]
–noun Irish English Informal.
luck (usually used in the expression bad cess to): Bad cess to them!
Origin:
1855–60; perh. aph. var. of success
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cess   (sěs)   
n.   Irish
Luck.

[Possibly short for success.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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