tal·lage
(tăl′ĭj)n. An occasional tax levied by the Anglo-Norman kings on crown lands and royal towns.
tr.v. tal·laged,
tal·lag·ing,
tal·lag·es To levy a tax on.
[Middle English taillage, from Old French, from taillier, to cut, tax; see tailor.]
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tallage
(ˈtælɪdʒ) English historyn (Historical Terms)
a. a tax levied by the Norman and early Angevin kings on their Crown lands and royal towns
b. a toll levied by a lord upon his tenants or by a feudal lord upon his vassals
vb (Historical Terms) (tr) to levy a tax (upon); impose a tax (upon)
[C13: from Old French taillage, from taillier to cut; see tailor]
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tal•lage
(ˈtæl ɪdʒ)
n. a tax paid by feudal tenants to their lords.
[1250–1300; Middle English
taillage < Old French
taill(ier) to cut, tax (see
tail2) + Middle English
-age -age]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
tallage
(in the feudal system) a compulsory tax paid to a lord by a tenant.
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tallage
Past participle: tallaged
Gerund: tallaging
Present |
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I tallage |
you tallage |
he/she/it tallages |
we tallage |
you tallage |
they tallage |
Preterite |
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I tallaged |
you tallaged |
he/she/it tallaged |
we tallaged |
you tallaged |
they tallaged |
Present Continuous |
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I am tallaging |
you are tallaging |
he/she/it is tallaging |
we are tallaging |
you are tallaging |
they are tallaging |
Present Perfect |
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I have tallaged |
you have tallaged |
he/she/it has tallaged |
we have tallaged |
you have tallaged |
they have tallaged |
Past Continuous |
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I was tallaging |
you were tallaging |
he/she/it was tallaging |
we were tallaging |
you were tallaging |
they were tallaging |
Past Perfect |
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I had tallaged |
you had tallaged |
he/she/it had tallaged |
we had tallaged |
you had tallaged |
they had tallaged |
Future |
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I will tallage |
you will tallage |
he/she/it will tallage |
we will tallage |
you will tallage |
they will tallage |
Future Perfect |
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I will have tallaged |
you will have tallaged |
he/she/it will have tallaged |
we will have tallaged |
you will have tallaged |
they will have tallaged |
Future Continuous |
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I will be tallaging |
you will be tallaging |
he/she/it will be tallaging |
we will be tallaging |
you will be tallaging |
they will be tallaging |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been tallaging |
you have been tallaging |
he/she/it has been tallaging |
we have been tallaging |
you have been tallaging |
they have been tallaging |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been tallaging |
you will have been tallaging |
he/she/it will have been tallaging |
we will have been tallaging |
you will have been tallaging |
they will have been tallaging |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been tallaging |
you had been tallaging |
he/she/it had been tallaging |
we had been tallaging |
you had been tallaging |
they had been tallaging |
Conditional |
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I would tallage |
you would tallage |
he/she/it would tallage |
we would tallage |
you would tallage |
they would tallage |
Past Conditional |
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I would have tallaged |
you would have tallaged |
he/she/it would have tallaged |
we would have tallaged |
you would have tallaged |
they would have tallaged |
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