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▪ I. vectigal, n.1 Now only Rom. Hist.|vɛkˈtaɪgəl|
Also 6 vecti-, Sc. victigall.
[a. L. vectīgal a payment to the State, etc.]
A payment of the nature of tribute, tax, or rent, made to a superior or to the State.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 243 Grit tribute and victigall alsua, Ilk ȝeir by ȝeir to king Arthure till pa. 1538Leland Itin. (1769) IV. 111 Thereupon they give a Fee Farme or Vectigall of an 100. l. yearely. The Vectigall is as it was. 1656Blount Glossogr., Vectigal,..used substantively for toll, impost-money or tribute it self. 1774T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 104 His lands and tenants were exempted from all regal exactions of talliage, toll, passage, pontage, and vectigal. 1838Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) I. xvii. 366 The tribunes demanded..that the occupiers of the remainder should pay their vectigal regularly.
▪ II. † vectigal, n.2 and a. Obs. rare.
Also 6 Sc. victogall.
[ad. L. vectīgāl-is, f. vectīgal: see prec.]
a. n. A collector of tribute.
b. adj. (See quot. 1656.)
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 188 Mark Terebell..Hes constat him his victogall that tyde, For to collect his tribute and his rent. 1656Blount Glossogr., Vectigal, that pays or pertains to paying tribute, subsidy, pension or rent. |