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likins

likins is the plural of likin.

Meaning of likin

Noun

likin (countable and uncountable, plural likins)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
    • The main theme of the conference was to levy the 2.5 per cent surtax in exchange for abolition of likin, which would benefit the powers and the Beijing government. The Beijing government proposed to abolish the likin no later than 1 January 1929, for which the powers would allow the interim surtax...2013, Chihyun Chang, Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China: The Maritime Customs Service and Its Chinese Staff

Proper noun capitalized: Likins

Likins (plural Likinses)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of likins

pluralLikinses

Origin of likins

Variant of Likens.

Questions about likins

What does likins mean?
Likins means a surname from Dutch.
What is likins the plural of?
Likins is the plural of likin.
What part of speech is likins?
Likins is a proper noun.

Words near likins in the dictionary

  1. liking
  2. liking it or lumping it
  3. liking the sound of one's own voice
  4. likingness
  5. likings
  6. likins
  7. Likinses
  8. likish
  9. likker
  10. likker up
  11. likkered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: likins (page history and authors); Likins (page history and authors); likin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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