Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chiefage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
chiefage .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
capitation tax; an equal tax or tribute per person.
Etymologies
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Old French chevage, from chief ("head") + -age.
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Examples
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When permission was obtained to remain away from the manor as an inhabitant of another vill or of a town, it was only upon payment of a periodical sum, frequently known as "chevage" or head money.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Edward Potts Cheyney 1904
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