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Latin
Etymology
From Old French taillage, equivalent to tail (“cut; restrict”) + -age, from tailler.
Pronunciation
Noun
tallāgium n (genitive tallāgiī or tallāgī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, historical) Tallage: an arbitrary royal tax upon the Crown's demesne lands and royal towns.
- (Medieval Latin, by extension) Other similar arbitrary imposts by feudal lords upon their vassals, particularly:
- A municipal tax.
- A toll.
- A customs duty.
- A levy or other imposition.
- (Medieval Latin, by extension) A grant; financial assistance.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Talliagium, Tallagium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “talliagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,013/1