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maletotes

maletotes is the plural of maletote.

Meaning of maletote

Noun

maletote (plural maletotes)

  1. (historical) An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.
    • Immediately hereupon, even this very yeere, was this complained of in Parliament, and a Petition exibited by the Lords and Cõmons, that it might be enacted, that this Maletolt or Imposition, because it was taken without assent of Parliament, might be taken away, and that a Law might be made, that...1641, William Hakewil[l], The Libertie of the Subject: Against the Pretended Power of Impositions […], page 54

Questions about maletotes

What is maletotes the plural of?
Maletotes is the plural of maletote.

Words near maletotes in the dictionary

  1. malesub
  2. malesubs
  3. maletolt
  4. maletolts
  5. maletote
  6. maletotes
  7. maletreat
  8. maletreated
  9. maletreating
  10. maletreats
  11. Maletta

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