a tenth part of agricultural or other produce, personal income, or profits, contributed either voluntarily or as a tax for the support of the church or clergy or for charitable purposes
2.
any levy, esp of one tenth
3.
a tenth or very small part of anything
verb
4. (transitive)
a.
to exact or demand a tithe or tithes from (an individual or group)
b.
to levy a tithe upon (a crop or amount of produce, etc)
5. (intransitive)
to pay a tithe or tithes
Derived forms
tither (ˈtither)
noun
Word origin
Old English teogoth; related to Old Frisian tegotha, Old Saxon tegotho, Old High German zehando, Old Norse tīundi, Gothic taihunda