scutage
/ˈskjuːtɪd͡ʒ/
scutage noun: a tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Noun
scutage (countable and uncountable, plural scutages)
- A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- The land tax, in its modern shape, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land, hidages, scutages, or tallages1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
- The wars and the maladministration of Richard I and John forced these kings more and more to count on extraordinary revenues, to multiply aids and especially scutages.1925, D. Pasquet, An Essay on the Origins of the House of Commons
- Synonyms:
- escuage
Synonyms of scutage
Forms of scutage
| plural | scutages |
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Origin of scutage
From Middle English scutage, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum (“shield”).
Questions about scutage
- What does scutage mean?
- Scutage means a tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- What part of speech is scutage?
- Scutage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scutage?
- Scutage is pronounced /ˈskjuːtɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of scutage?
- The plural of scutage is scutages.
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