With reference to obligation to a superior (originally a feudal lord). A duty (whether a payment in money or in kind, a definite amount of…

A service, or its equivalent in money or kind, owed to a feudal superior. Obsolete.

Feudal homage or service. Obsolete.

Perhaps: feudal military service.

The service rendered or the sum of money paid by a vassal to a superior.

Law. A payment in money, goods, or services made by a tenant to a landlord, esp. in return for the use of land or buildings. Now historical.

An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord. Cf. ‘benevolence’. Obsolete exc. dialect.