单词 | quatrime |
释义 | † quatrimen. Obsolete. A twenty-five percent duty or tax levied on certain commodities, such as wine. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > one-fourth quatrimec1450 c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 391 Þe comunez of the toun..yerely to pay hym..for al maner customez..& quaterymez. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 131 The gabell off the salt and the quaterimes of the wynes were graunted to the kynge by the iij estates off Fraunce. ?a1500 (a1471) Brut (Lyell) in J. S. Davies Eng. Chron. (1856) 48 Alle maner custumez, fefermez, and quatrymez. 1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 149/2 All maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450 |
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