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Webster 1913 Edition
Tallage
Tal′lage
,Verb.
T.
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tallage
TAL'LAGE
Definition 2024
tallage
tallage
English
Noun
tallage (plural tallages)
- An impost.
- (Britain, law, obsolete or historical) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants toward the public expenses.
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Alternative forms
Translations
medieval tax
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Latin: tallagium |
Verb
tallage (third-person singular simple present tallages, present participle tallaging, simple past and past participle tallaged)
- To lay an impost upon.
- To cause to pay tallage.