cess
An assessed tax, duty, or levyAn assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
» A good example of homonyms in Portuguese are the words "sessão", "seção" and "cessão".
Значение
значений: 6(Индия, Ирландия, Британия)An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
(Ирландия, Британия, разговорное)Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
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.
(устаревшее)Bound; measure.
(диалектное, устаревшее)A bog, in particular a peat bog.
(диалектное, устаревшее)A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
Примеры
предложений: 1A good example of homonyms in Portuguese are the words "sessão", "seção" and "cessão".
Происхождение
For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a boFor the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a borrowing from Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), likely from Latin census.
Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”. According to the OED, from earlier suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”).
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