Tailage

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  • n. Obsolete form of tallage.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See tallage.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part cut off or taken away; especially, a share of a man's substance paid as tribute; hence, tribute; toll; tax; specifically, a compulsory aid levied from time to time by the Anglo-Norman kings upon the demesne lands of the crown and all royal towns. Tailage was abolished in the fourteenth century. See aid, n., 3.
  • To lay an impost on; levy tailage upon; tax.
    • Word Usage
    "The sacrist called for his books, and with thin, eager forefinger he tracked them down: dues for this, and tailage for that, so many shillings this year, and so many marks that one."
    Cross Reference
    statute concerning tailage    tailage of groats   
    Variant
    tallage   
     
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