head moneyn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛd ˌmʌni/, U.S.

/ˈhɛd ˌməni/

Forms: see head n.¹ and money n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, money n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + money n. Compare earlier head penny n., head silver n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4, and poll money n. Compare also earlier chevage n.

1. 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 chiefly historical.In quot. c1515 perhaps: such money paid to ensure exemption from execution.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > poll tax

head pennyc1175

head silver1252

cense1458

chevage1461

poll money1468

head moneyc1515

polling-penny?1556

capitation?1608

poll-silver1610

census1613

headagea1631

poll1669

poll tax1692

capitation tax1695

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 142 To pay me for a knowlege euery yere .iiii. drams of gold for thy hed money.

?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. B.i.^v This trybute was heed money payed for them y^t were heedes and gouernours of housholdes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 230/1 Heed money, truaige.

a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 101 He used David's Law of Capitation or Head-money, and had of every Duke ten marks.

a1716 Politia United Prov. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1810) III. 632 All the people of the land..pay yearly for head money..x^d.

1794 J. Gifford Reign Louis XVI 119 An ancient custom..by which a kind of poll-tax was levied upon the subjects of either nation in the other, called, in England, head-money; in France, argent du chef.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XVII. at Head Capitation..called also poll and head-money.

1852 G. Griffith Free Schools Worcs. 250 As to the matter of head-money..the free boys should pay 1s. per week each.

1903 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 17 266 I put aside the rare cases in which free persons, chiefly apprentices, pay chevage or head-money.

2004 B. Jackson tr. E. Locher-Sholten Sumatran Sultanate & Colonial State 269 The head money had been replaced by a corporation and income tax.

2. Money paid for each person brought, captured, killed, etc.; a financial reward offered for capturing or killing someone, a bounty; spec. money paid for each prisoner taken at sea.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > others

scalp-money1704

head money1713

bounty1764

straggling-money1815

1713 London Gaz. No. 5099/3 Her Majesty's Bounty for the Head-Money of the Prisoners taken in the..St. Francis.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. viii. 37 Here is no plunder—nothing but rags and vermin, as the saying is—we shall share nothing but the guns and the head-money.

1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 219 The freed Africans were made over to the civil authorities, and the ship's company..received the head money allowed by government.

1893 W. T. Wawn S. Sea Islanders 67 A small sum per head for all recruits [of Polynesian labourers] brought to Queensland..The practice of paying ‘head-money’ was stopped 10th March, 1884.

1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 281 Head money is an attempt at payment by results, and it gives the men a direct interest in their job.

1983 Times 23 Dec. 8/5 Koevoet constables..get bonuses, or ‘head money’, depending on how many guerrillas their section kills in a month.

1999 Times of India 3 Oct. 11 Many..prominent terrorists..remain at large even though they carry substantial amounts as head money.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head money
释义	head moneyn. Brit. /ˈhɛd ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈhɛd ˌməni/ Forms: see head n.¹ and money n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, money n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + money n. Compare earlier head penny n., head silver n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4, and poll money n. Compare also earlier chevage n. 1. 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 chiefly historical.In quot. c1515 perhaps: such money paid to ensure exemption from execution. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > poll tax head pennyc1175 head silver1252 cense1458 chevage1461 poll money1468 head moneyc1515 polling-penny?1556 capitation?1608 poll-silver1610 census1613 headagea1631 poll1669 poll tax1692 capitation tax1695 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 142 To pay me for a knowlege euery yere .iiii. drams of gold for thy hed money. ?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. B.i.^v This trybute was heed money payed for them y^t were heedes and gouernours of housholdes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 230/1 Heed money, truaige. a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 101 He used David's Law of Capitation or Head-money, and had of every Duke ten marks. a1716 Politia United Prov. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1810) III. 632 All the people of the land..pay yearly for head money..x^d. 1794 J. Gifford Reign Louis XVI 119 An ancient custom..by which a kind of poll-tax was levied upon the subjects of either nation in the other, called, in England, head-money; in France, argent du chef. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XVII. at Head Capitation..called also poll and head-money. 1852 G. Griffith Free Schools Worcs. 250 As to the matter of head-money..the free boys should pay 1s. per week each. 1903 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 17 266 I put aside the rare cases in which free persons, chiefly apprentices, pay chevage or head-money. 2004 B. Jackson tr. E. Locher-Sholten Sumatran Sultanate & Colonial State 269 The head money had been replaced by a corporation and income tax. 2. Money paid for each person brought, captured, killed, etc.; a financial reward offered for capturing or killing someone, a bounty; spec. money paid for each prisoner taken at sea. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > others scalp-money1704 head money1713 bounty1764 straggling-money1815 1713 London Gaz. No. 5099/3 Her Majesty's Bounty for the Head-Money of the Prisoners taken in the..St. Francis. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. viii. 37 Here is no plunder—nothing but rags and vermin, as the saying is—we shall share nothing but the guns and the head-money. 1868 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 219 The freed Africans were made over to the civil authorities, and the ship's company..received the head money allowed by government. 1893 W. T. Wawn S. Sea Islanders 67 A small sum per head for all recruits [of Polynesian labourers] brought to Queensland..The practice of paying ‘head-money’ was stopped 10th March, 1884. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 281 Head money is an attempt at payment by results, and it gives the men a direct interest in their job. 1983 Times 23 Dec. 8/5 Koevoet constables..get bonuses, or ‘head money’, depending on how many guerrillas their section kills in a month. 1999 Times of India 3 Oct. 11 Many..prominent terrorists..remain at large even though they carry substantial amounts as head money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1515
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