The act or process of assessing or imposing a cess (tax or levy), or in some contexts, the act of ceding or transferring rights.
From 'cess' (tax) + '-ing' (gerund suffix). The term evolved in English-speaking regions, particularly Ireland, to describe taxation practices.
The Irish people so often faced arbitrary taxation that they created a verb for it—'cessing' captures the ongoing, repetitive burden of authorities constantly calculating what to take!
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