protection fee
noun
A fee paid to secure protection.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in William Tooke (bap. 1744, d. 1820), writer and translator.
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- mericarp
- Meriden
- meridian
- meridian altitude
- primary treatment
- primary vote
- primase
- primatal
- primate
- Primate of All England
- Primate of All Ireland
- Primate of England
- primateship
- primatial
- primatic
- primatological
- primatologist
- primatology
- primavera
- primaveral
- prima vista
- prima volta
- prime