choutn.

/tʃaʊt/

Etymology: Mahratti and Hindi chauth ‘a fourth part’.

The black-mail of one-fourth of the revenue formerly exacted by the Mahrattas in India from provinces within reach of their arms, in return for immunity from plunder. Also applied to similar exactions.

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chout1674

1674 in Orme Fragm. 45 Messengers were sent to Bassein demanding the chout of all the Portugese territory in these parts.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 539 Subject to a tribute of a Chout..to the Berar Mahratta.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 131 I wish first to know whether the Choute claimed is disputable by the Nizam's government.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. i. 316 The chout, or exaction, of a fourth part of all litigated property, for the benefit of the Judge, was abolished.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. ii. 485 Sévají..for the first time, levied the chout, afterwards so celebrated in Maratta history.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	chout
释义	choutn. /tʃaʊt/ Etymology: Mahratti and Hindi chauth ‘a fourth part’. The black-mail of one-fourth of the revenue formerly exacted by the Mahrattas in India from provinces within reach of their arms, in return for immunity from plunder. Also applied to similar exactions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail > particular instance of chout1674 1674 in Orme Fragm. 45 Messengers were sent to Bassein demanding the chout of all the Portugese territory in these parts. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 539 Subject to a tribute of a Chout..to the Berar Mahratta. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 131 I wish first to know whether the Choute claimed is disputable by the Nizam's government. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. i. 316 The chout, or exaction, of a fourth part of all litigated property, for the benefit of the Judge, was abolished. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. ii. 485 Sévají..for the first time, levied the chout, afterwards so celebrated in Maratta history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1674
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