单词 | polling-penny |
释义 | † polling-pennyn. Obsolete. Money paid or exacted as poll tax. Hence: a poll tax. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > poll tax head pennyc1175 head silver1252 cense1458 chevage1461 poll money1468 head moneyc1515 polling-penny?1556 capitation?1608 poll-silver1610 census1613 headagea1631 poll1669 poll tax1692 capitation tax1695 ?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. F ii Wil englishmen..suffer to be poled and pilled moste miserably, in payeng continually suche polingpence, and intollerable tollages? 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E Neuer an Italian Priest of them all, shall either haue tythe, tole, or poling penie out of England. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. Cv Yea rather than thy brauery should faile begge powling pence for the verye smoke that coms out of poore mens chimnies. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 34 To get vnhonest polling pence to their owne purses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.?1556 |
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