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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German stiure, from Old High German stiura (“support”). Compare German Steuer, Luxembourgish Steier.
Pronunciation
Noun
שטײַער • (shtayer) m, plural שטײַערן (shtayern)
- tax
- Synonym: מס (mas)
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References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “tax”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN