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tallage

/ˈtælɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
tal-lage
IPA
/ˈtælɪd͡ʒ/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An impost.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants toward the public expenses.

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To lay an impost upon.

verb

To cause to pay tallage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin tālea Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin tāliō Old French taillier French tailler French taillageder. Middle English tallage English tallage Inherited from Middle English tallage. From French taillage, from tailler (“to cut”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tallages (plural) taliage (alternative) talliage (alternative) tailage (alternative) taillage (alternative) tallages (present, singular) tallaging (participle, present) tallaged (participle, past) tallaged (past)

Derived Forms

tallageability tallageable

Questions

How do you pronounce tallage?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtælɪd͡ʒ/.
What does tallage mean?
An impost.
Where does tallage come from?
It is traced to French.

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