(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.

(Britain, Ireland) To levy a cess.

(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.

(obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.

(grammar) Indicating cessation.

simple past tense and past participle of cess

present participle of cess

plural of cess

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cess

(Britain, Ireland) Bad luck, failure, or evil befalling.