单词 | rahdari |
释义 | rahdarin. 1. In Persia (now Iran) and India: a transit duty, a toll; (as a mass noun) tax paid to secure safe passage. Also attributive. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun] through-toll1228 passagea1325 pedagea1382 peage1448 podagea1450 passage money1474 thorough toll1567 toll traverse1567 rahdar1623 rahdari1627 gate-penny1693 rahdarage1698 passage-gelt1712 traverse1754 likin1862 1627 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) iii. 176 Demaunding rahdaree in Quirka. 1685 W. Hedges Diary 15 Dec. (1887) I. 213 Here we were forced to compound with yeRattaree-men for ye Dutys on our goods. 1686 W. Hedges Diary 13–14 Feb. (1887) I. 218 Here we paid Rattarree. 1728 J. A. Du Cerceau tr. J. T. Krusinski Hist. Revol. Persia I. 114 Guards..were maintained out of very moderate Duties which they levied on every Load..Which Duty was called Raderie and the Guards Raders. 1793 C. F. Greville Brit. India Analyzed I. 165 The Rahdarry is an inland toll collected at different Chowkies, or stations on the road. 1987 Mod. Asian Stud. 21 466 Other trade-related taxes, like the rahdari (inland transit tax)..either generated insignificant sums or flowed into the coffers of local authorities. 2000 Business Recorder (Nexis) 19 Aug. The apprehension that rahdari tax by each and every council would make all transported goods very expensive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun] > collector peager1474 rahdar1753 rahdari1804 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) II. 1182 A rahdarry will go to you this day for the convoy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627 |
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