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(Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy. / (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. / (obsolete) Bound; measure.

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cess

IPA(Pronunciation)

/sɛs/

Noun

Britain Ireland informal obsolete

(Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy. / (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. / (obsolete) Bound; measure.

Japanese Meaning

（英国、アイルランド）課税、徴税、税金、関税。 / （英・アイルランドの口語表現）通常「good cess」または「bad cess」として用いられ、幸運や成功などを指す。 / （古い用法）定められた束、または規定された測定単位。

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The village was burdened by a heavy cess imposed to fund the new bridge.

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その村は、新しい橋の資金を賄うために課された重い税に苦しんでいた。

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Sense（1）

(Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.

Cess is none other than that which you yourself called imposition …

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Sense（2）

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

"Bad cess may attend you, where are you scampering to, you rambunctious"—but she could go no farther; the tears burst from her, and she gave way, without farther resistance, to an explosion of grief.

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