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单词 poll money
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poll moneyn.

Brit. /ˈpəʊl ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈpoʊl ˌməni/
Forms: see poll n.1 and money n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poll n.1, money n.
Etymology: < poll n.1 + money n.
Now historical.
Money levied or exacted at a fixed rate for every person; a capitation, a poll tax.
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head pennyc1175
head silver1252
cense1458
chevage1461
poll money1468
head moneyc1515
polling-penny?1556
capitation?1608
poll-silver1610
census1613
headagea1631
poll1669
poll tax1692
capitation tax1695
1468–9 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 524 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 For polmoney..3s. 3d.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xvii. f. xxiiijv Of whome do the kynges off the erth take trbute, or poll money?
a1618 W. Raleigh Prerog. Parl. (1665) 54 By reason of the trouble~some gathering of the polemony upon sheep,..this act of subsidy was repealed.
a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 169 To be Slaves to your Fellow-Subjects, pay them intolerable Taxes, Loans, Pole-monies, and odious Excises.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 5 Apr. (1974) VIII. 152 This morning came to me the Collectors for my Pole mony... I paid for my title as Esquire and place of Clerk of Acts, and my head and wife's, and servants' and their wages, 40l. 17s. 00d.
1692 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 386 Apr. 8 [Paid] pol-money 1li. 1s., to carry on a vigorous war against the French king... April 13..paid 21s. for a gent. and my pole..whereas the fellowes of houses..pay but their pole 1s.—a very heavy and unjust tax.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Poll-Money, or Capitation, a Tax imposed..on the Person or Head; either on all indifferently, or according to some known Mark of Distinction, as Quality, Calling, &c... Thus, by the Statute 18 Car. II. every Subject..was assessed..according to his Degree; every Duke 100 l. Marquis 80 l. Baronet 30 l. Knight 20 l. Esquire 10 l. &c. and every single private Person 12 d.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 28 Paper, corporations, land, houses, and poll-money, also raise a considerable sum.
1844 in J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1844) 21 Retention, sess [i.e. cess], and pole money, Have done enough to danton mee.
1892 Publications Amer. Econ. Assoc. 7 15 Poll-money, he thinks, cannot be shifted: and he opposes the tax because it is very unequal.
1937 G. S. Thomson Life in Noble Househ. 65 Twice again, in 1666 and 1678, poll money was imposed.
1992 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 31 148 The legislatively mandated path of poll money from the sheriffs of several counties to the chamber of London.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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