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Taille

/tʌɪ/

A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.

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noun

1
A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
2
A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
3
The tenor voice or part.
4
The part for the tenor viol or viola.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Taille"

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Word	Definition
douce	(obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.
bassenoun	(music jargon) The bass voice or part within French music
tallagenoun	An impost.
land taxnoun	(economics) A levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements.
sizenoun	The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
repartimientonoun	(historical) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
landgafolnoun	(historical) A form of ground rent paid in medieval times.
capitationnoun	A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.
alnagenoun	(historical) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell, specifically, official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a lead seal, as was once required by British law.
lit de justicenoun	(history) A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
quitrentnoun	(law, taxation) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit (absolved) from other service.
talenoun	A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
geldnoun	(Northern England) A payment.
truagenoun	(obsolete) Tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.
fee tailnoun	(law) An estate in land in common law in which the land is inherited, but cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death.
pachtnoun	(historical) A system of tax farming in the Dutch Republic, where tax was not collected by the government, but by a private individual who had leased the right to collect the tax.
landgablenoun	(historical) The rent paid for a burgage.
misenoun	(law) The issue in a writ of right.
rentagenoun	rental
tailnoun	(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.