noun
- Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
- a compulsory tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings of England upon the demesne lands of the crown and upon all royal towns.
noun
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- a tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings on their Crown lands and royal towns
- a toll levied by a lord upon his tenants or by a feudal lord upon his vassals
verb
- (tr) to levy a tax (upon); impose a tax (upon)