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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TALLAGE (med. Lat. tallagium, Fr. tailage, from late Lat. talare, taleare, Fr. taUler, to cut, classical Lat. talea, a cutting, slip; cf. " tally " and the French taille, q.v.}, a special tax in England paid by cities, boroughs and royal demesnes. The word, variously interpreted as a part " cut off " from the property taxed, or as derived from the tally (q.v.), first appears in the reign of Henry II. as a synonym for the auxilium burgi, which was an occasional payment exacted by king and barons over and above the a…
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