tallage

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Definition of tallage in English English dictionary

To cause to pay tallage

To lay an impost upon

{n} a tax, tribute, toll, share

{n} a tax, toll or tribute

To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage

A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses

{i} feudal tax, tax paid by a tenant to his feudal lord (Medieval)

Hyphenation

tal·lage

Etymology

[ 'ta-lij ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English taillage, tallage, from Old French taillage, from taillier to cut, limit, tax; more at TAILOR.

Tenses

tallaging, tallaged