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cess (ses)

noun

in Ireland, an assessment; tax: now used only in bad cess to, bad luck to

Etymology: prob. < assess

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cess Usage Examples

Object

  • pit: Update 20/08/2004 In Area A the removal of post-Roman pits - mostly cess pits of medieval date - is almost complete.

Converse of object

  • call: Any file descriptor created by the calling pro- cess or by the child process is also valid in the other process.

Adjective modifier

  • current: By default notify marks the current pro- cess; simply say ` notify ' after starting a background job to mark it.

Modifies a noun

  • pit: The existing drainage system - using cess pits in the paddock - was tied in to the new system.

Noun used with modifier

  • pro-: Signals set to be ignored by the calling process will be set to be ignored by the new pro- cess.
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