- 1. n. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. Source: opted
- 2. n. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. Source: opted
- 3. n. The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. Source: opted
- 4. 1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.] Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer. 2. (O. F. Law) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm. A. Smith. 3. (Mus.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. Source: webster
- 5. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon hissubjects.The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an exampleof those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of thefarmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.A. Smith. Source: adambom
- 6. n. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. n. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. n. The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. Source: ecdict
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