Definition of "tallage" [tal•lage]

• An occasional tax levied by the Anglo-Norman kings on crown lands and royal towns. (noun)
• To levy a tax on. (verb-transitive)

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• "Dublin to that city to levy a "tallage," or tax, for the royal benefit."
• "Sarre, la mirgesse (the doctor), is listed in the Paris tallage of 1292."
• "Philip IV tried every device to raise money (feudal aides, war levies to replace military service, tallage of towns, special levies on clergy and nobles, “loans” and “gifts, ” the maltôte or sales tax, debasement of the coinage, attacks on the Jews and Templars), but without finding an adequate solution."