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head money

head money noun: poll tax.

Noun

head money (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Poll tax.
    • to be taxt by the poul, to be scons't our head money, our tuppences in their Chaunlerly Shop-book of Easter1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A reward paid per person captured at sea etc.
  3. (obsolete) A reward for a proscribed outlaw's head.

head money meaning in Tamil

head money in Tamil

தலைக்கட்டு

Questions about head money

What does head money mean?
Head money means poll tax.
What is head money in Tamil?
Head money in Tamil is தலைக்கட்டு. See Head money meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is head money?
Head money is a noun.

Words near head money in the dictionary

  1. head loss
  2. head losses
  3. head louse
  4. head man
  5. head men
  6. head money
  7. head movement
  8. head note
  9. head notes
  10. head of government
  11. head of hair

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