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English History. A tax levied on imports and exports, the income from which was granted by parliament to the sovereign to meet particular needs; a…
A pecuniary aid levied by a sovereign, lord, etc., or granted by parliament to a sovereign, for a particular purpose, esp. for defence against…
(see quot. 1678) Obsolete.