Thesaurus: tallage

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1. n. Alt. of Talliage
2. v. t. To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
3. A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also tailage, taillage.] Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone. To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
4. n. Alt. of Talliage v. t. To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.