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单词 head money
释义

head money

/ˈhɛd ˌmʌni/
noun
1Money paid as a poll tax or capitation fee; specifically one paid by a tenant or vassal to a lord or superior. Compare headage, head penny. Now chiefly historical.
2Money paid for each person brought, captured, killed, etc.; a financial reward offered for capturing or killing someone, a bounty; specifically money paid for each prisoner taken at sea.

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in John Fisher (c1469–1535), bishop of Rochester, cardinal, and martyr. From head + money.

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