cìs

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”) (compare Manx keesh), from Latin cēnsus.

Noun

cìs f (genitive singular cìse, plural cìsean)

tax
fine
Chaidh cìs £150 a chur air.
He was fined £150.

Synonyms

càin

Derived terms

Derived terms

cìs air teachd-a-steach (“income tax”)
cìs luach-leasaichte (“value added tax”)
cìs uaine (“green tax”)
for-chìs (“surcharge”)
ro chìsean (“pre-tax”)

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