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† poll-money Obs.|ˈpəʊlˌmʌnɪ|
[f. poll n.1 + money n.]
Money levied, exacted, or paid, at a fixed rate per head for every person, or (quot. a 1618) for every head of cattle; capitation; poll-tax.
1526Tindale Matt. xvii. 24 They that were wont to gadre poll money, cam to Peter. Ibid. 25 Of whome do the kynges off the erth take tribute or poll money? a1618Raleigh Prerog. Parl. (1665) 54 By reason of the trouble⁓some gathering of the polemony upon sheep,..this act of subsidy was repealed. 1638Drummond of Hawthornden Irene Wks. (1711) 169 To be slaves to your fellow-subjects, pay them intolerable taxes, loans, pole-monies, and odious excises. 1662Petty Taxes vii. Tracts (1769) 50 Poll money is a tax upon the persons of men, either upon all simply and indifferently, or else according to some known title or mark of distinction upon each. Ibid., The poll-monies which have been levied of late, have been wonderfully confused. 1667Pepys Diary 5 Apr., This morning come to me the Collectors for my Poll-money... I paid for my title as Esquire and place of Clerk of Acts, and my head and wife's, and servants' and their wages, {pstlg}40 17s. 1692Wood Life (O.H.S.) III. 386 Apr. 8 [Paid] pol-money 1li. 1s., to carry on a vigorous war against the French king... April 13..paid 21s. for a gent. and my pole..whereas the fellowes of houses..pay but their pole 1s.—a very heavy and unjust tax. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Poll-money, or capitation, a tax imposed..either on all indifferently, or according to some known mark of distinction, as quality, calling, etc... Thus, by the statute 18 Car. II every subject..was assessed..according to his degree; every duke 100l. marquis 80l. baronet 30l. knight 20l. esquire 10l. etc. and every single private person 12d. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 28 Paper, corporations, land, houses, and poll-money, also raise a considerable sum. |