scot

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Money assessed or paid.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A payment; contribution; fine; mulct; reckoning; shot.
• noun Specifically
• noun In old law, a portion of money assessed or paid; a customary tax or contribution laid on subjects according to their ability; also, a tax or custom paid for the use of a sheriff or bailiff.
• noun A member of a Gaelic tribe, which came from the northern part of Hibernia, and settled in the northwestern part of Britannia (Scotland) about the sixth century.
• noun A native or an inhabitant of Scotland, a country lying north of England, and forming part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• To pay scot.
• An abbreviation of Scotland, Scotch, or Scottish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete A name for a horse.
• noun A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
• noun A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
• noun [Eng.] Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun UK, historical A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a native or inhabitant of Scotland