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单词 polling-penny
释义

polling-pennyn.

Forms: see polling n. and penny n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: polling n., penny n.
Etymology: < polling n. + penny n.
Obsolete.
Money paid or exacted as poll tax. Hence: a poll tax. Usually in plural.
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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
?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. F ii Wil englishmen..suffer to be poled and pilled moste miserably, in payeng continually suche polingpence, and intollerable tollages?
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E Neuer an Italian Priest of them all, shall either haue tythe, tole, or poling penie out of England.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. Cv Yea rather than thy brauery should faile begge powling pence for the verye smoke that coms out of poore mens chimnies.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 34 To get vnhonest polling pence to their owne purses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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