A poll tax or capitation fee paid by a vassal to a lord or superior; = head money, n. 1. Also in plural.

= head money, n. 1; cf. head penny, n. 1.

A tax or tribute; = census, n. 2.

Capitation or poll-money paid to a lord or superior; particularly, an annual payment due to a feudal lord by each of his villeins.

Money levied or exacted at a fixed rate for every person; a capitation, a poll tax.

Money paid as a poll tax or capitation fee; spec. one paid by a tenant or vassal to a lord or superior. Cf. headage, n. 1, head penny, n. 1. Now…

Money paid or exacted as poll tax. Hence: a poll tax. Usually in plural.

The levying of a tax or fee of so much per head (i.e. from each citizen, union member, pupil, etc.). Hence: a poll tax; a fixed payment or fee on a…

= poll tax, n.

Applied to certain taxes, esp. a capitation or poll-tax. Obsolete.

A poll tax or capitation fee paid by a vassal to a lord or superior. Cf. chevage, n., head penny, n. Obsolete. rare (historical in later use).

A poll tax. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

A tax levied on every person; a capitation; = poll money, n.

= poll tax, n. 1.