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taille
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- A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [1913 Webster]"Whether that he paid or took by taille." [1913 Webster]
- Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. [1913 Webster]"The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm." [1913 Webster]
- The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. [1913 Webster]
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