tallage









tallage


noun

  1. Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
  2. 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

    1. a tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings on their Crown lands and royal towns
    2. a toll levied by a lord upon his tenants or by a feudal lord upon his vassals

verb

  1. (tr) to levy a tax (upon); impose a tax (upon)
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