| 单词 | sayer duty |
| 释义 | > as lemmassayer duty General attributive, as sayer choky, sayer collection, sayer duty, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth tollbooth13.. custom housea1400 toll-housec1440 dogana1605 douane1656 scale1682 excise-office1698 sayer choky1751 toll-shop1789 toll-office1841 chop-house1882 naka1984 1751Syre chowkey [see main sense]. 1789 1st Marquis Cornwallis Minute Governor-General 18 Sept. in Corr. (1859) I. 557 What are called the Sayer collections. 1835 E. Thornton India xi. 237 In Madras, the transit duties are frequently called sayer duties, when spoken of in the reports of officers; and all collections from inconsiderable sources are in the accounts brought under the general term sayer. In Bengal, the pilgrim tax, when it existed, was included under this head. 1850 Directions Rev. Off. N.W. Prov. 43 There are also other items, called Sayer or Sewaee collections, which are much prized by the proprietors, and which in some cases constitute a valuable property. 1856 Papers Admin. Mysore in Sel. Rec. Govt. India XI. 105 For collection of these duties there were no less than seven hundred and sixty-one Sayer Chowkies, or custom-houses, established. 1965 Calcutta Rev. Apr. 56 Sayer duties had been one of the principal sources of revenue to the state. 2000 Eng. Hist. Rev. 115 213 The Company's ‘Sayer’ (market tax) records are a rich source for the cultural as well as socio-economic history of Bengal. < as lemmas |
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