headagen.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: head n.¹, -age suffix.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + -age suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman chevage chevage n. Compare earlier chevage n. and capitation n. Compare also earlier head penny n., head silver n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4, and head money n.

†1. 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).

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

a1631 R. Cotton Forme Govt. Kingdome of Eng. (1642) 4 The money and Provision was by headage assessed the common people by the consent of their Lords.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 332/2 They [sc. villeins] were frequently permitted..to employ themselves in trade upon paying to the lord a fine called chevagium, or chiefage (that is, literally, ‘headage’) as an acknowledgement of their subjection and villenage.

2. The payment or charging of money based on an assessed total number of people or animals; payment per head; (also) the assessed total itself. In later use chiefly spec.: payment of a subsidy to farmers per head of livestock owned. Frequently attributive, as headage money, headage payment, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > specific payment per head

bob a nob1823

headage1847

capitation system1916

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > unit in numbering animals

headOE

poll1494

headage1962

1847 Manch. Guardian 22 Dec. 7/4 He denied the saving of 2d. per head, by the erection of a new workhouse... He could confidently state that no union at present came within 3d. of the headage of the Leigh union.

1908 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer Oct. 21 575/2 The Municipal Market House nets the city some $7,500 a year, from small rents and ‘headage’.

1957 Liverpool Daily Post 30 Jan. 5/9 Abbey-Cwm-Hir..Fox Destruction Society have decided to pay headage money on rabbits and carrion crows, as well as foxes, that are killed in the society's area.

1958 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 6/5 ‘X’ has no arable land to speak of, he is at the end of his headage payment for attested cattle.

1962 Times 3 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. ii/3 Winter reserves of fodder to carry a greatly increased headage of stock.

1972 Guardian 30 Dec. 4/7 ‘Headage’ subsidies for sheep flocks are ruled out by the EEC commission.

2000 Mayo News 5 July 38/2 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development must ensure that the re-opening of the Early Retirement Scheme can be immediately separated from agreement on headage.

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

单词	headage
释义	headagen. Brit. /ˈhɛdɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: head n.¹, -age suffix. Etymology: < head n.¹ + -age suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman chevage chevage n. Compare earlier chevage n. and capitation n. Compare also earlier head penny n., head silver n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4, and head money n. †1. 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). 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 a1631 R. Cotton Forme Govt. Kingdome of Eng. (1642) 4 The money and Provision was by headage assessed the common people by the consent of their Lords. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 332/2 They [sc. villeins] were frequently permitted..to employ themselves in trade upon paying to the lord a fine called chevagium, or chiefage (that is, literally, ‘headage’) as an acknowledgement of their subjection and villenage. 2. The payment or charging of money based on an assessed total number of people or animals; payment per head; (also) the assessed total itself. In later use chiefly spec.: payment of a subsidy to farmers per head of livestock owned. Frequently attributive, as headage money, headage payment, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > specific payment per head bob a nob1823 headage1847 capitation system1916 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > unit in numbering animals headOE poll1494 headage1962 1847 Manch. Guardian 22 Dec. 7/4 He denied the saving of 2d. per head, by the erection of a new workhouse... He could confidently state that no union at present came within 3d. of the headage of the Leigh union. 1908 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer Oct. 21 575/2 The Municipal Market House nets the city some $7,500 a year, from small rents and ‘headage’. 1957 Liverpool Daily Post 30 Jan. 5/9 Abbey-Cwm-Hir..Fox Destruction Society have decided to pay headage money on rabbits and carrion crows, as well as foxes, that are killed in the society's area. 1958 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 6/5 ‘X’ has no arable land to speak of, he is at the end of his headage payment for attested cattle. 1962 Times 3 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. ii/3 Winter reserves of fodder to carry a greatly increased headage of stock. 1972 Guardian 30 Dec. 4/7 ‘Headage’ subsidies for sheep flocks are ruled out by the EEC commission. 2000 Mayo News 5 July 38/2 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development must ensure that the re-opening of the Early Retirement Scheme can be immediately separated from agreement on headage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631
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