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cessment

cessment noun: an assessment or tax.

Noun

cessment (plural cessments)

  1. (obsolete) An assessment or tax.
    • charge the Kingdom with a new Cessment of four hundred chousand Duckers1652, Prudencio de SANDOVAL, The Civil Wars in Spain

Forms of cessment

pluralcessments

Origin of cessment

From cess + -ment. See cess (verb).

Questions about cessment

What does cessment mean?
Cessment means an assessment or tax.
What part of speech is cessment?
Cessment is a noun.
What is the plural of cessment?
The plural of cessment is cessments.

Words near cessment in the dictionary

  1. cessio bonorum
  2. cession
  3. cessionaries
  4. cessionary
  5. cessions
  6. cessment
  7. cessments
  8. Cessna
  9. Cessnas
  10. Cessnock
  11. Cesson

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