| 释义 |
‖ caratch|kaˈrɑːtʃ|
[Arab. kharāj tribute.]
The tribute or poll-tax levied by the Turks on their Christian subjects.
1682Wheler Journ. Greece vi. 479 The Inhabitants were all run away, not being able to pay their Caratch. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. v. iii. 138 The abolition of the carak, imposed on the sunnis. 1775R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 7 They pay..caratch or tribute money. 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 481 The carach or tribute is paid only by the Greeks. |