tallage
/ˈtælɪdʒ/
noun
- A tax or levy, especially one imposed by a medieval lord or king on his tenants or subjects.
- The peasants resented the heavy tallage demanded by the baron each harvest.
- In medieval England, tallage was a tax that the king could impose on his royal estates.
- Historians study tallage records to understand the economic pressures on common people in the Middle Ages.