cessment

English

Etymology

From cess +‎ -ment. See cess (verb).

Noun

cessment (plural cessments)

(obsolete) An assessment or tax.
- 1652, Prudencio de SANDOVAL, The Civil Wars in Spain:
  charge the Kingdom with a new Cessment of four hundred chousand Duckers

References

“cessment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

centesms

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