Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lay an impost on; levy tailage upon; tax.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) See
tallage .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
tallage .
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Examples
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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.
Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906
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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.
Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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