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Webster 1913 Edition


Tallage

Tal′lage

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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)

  1. An impost.
  2. (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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Verb

tallage (third-person singular simple present tallages, present participle tallaging, simple past and past participle tallaged)

  1. To lay an impost upon.
  2. To cause to pay tallage.

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