Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old law, money paid by a tenant to his lord in lieu of the service called
average .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Eng. Law) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, obsolete Money paid by a
tenant in lieu of the service ofaverage .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word averpenny.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.