1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage}, {taillage}.] [1913 Webster] Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called {scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
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