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tricesimation

UK/ˌtɹaɪsiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/

tricesimation noun: a one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.

Noun

tricesimation

  1. (rare) A one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.
    • On 25 June a fifth emergency tax was introduced to cover the increased expense. This was the Tricesimation which was the ducal answer to the estates’ Accise. For the first time the duke had a tax that both approximated to the level of economic production and above all was under his control.⁷⁷
    • ⁷⁷ The Tricesimation was a one-thirtieth purchase and produce tax collected by ducal officials…. No records of the level collected survive, but around 1700 the Tricesimation brought in about 100,000fl. annually.1995, Peter H. Wilson, War, State and Society in Württemberg, 1677–1793, page 117

Origin of tricesimation

From the German Tricesimation, ultimately from the Latin trīcēsimus (“thirtieth”).

Questions about tricesimation

What does tricesimation mean?
Tricesimation means a one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.
What part of speech is tricesimation?
Tricesimation is a noun.
How do you pronounce tricesimation?
Tricesimation is pronounced /ˌtɹaɪsiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near tricesimation in the dictionary

  1. tricerion
  2. tricerions
  3. tricerium
  4. trices
  5. trices up
  6. tricesimation
  7. tricesimo-secundo
  8. tricesimo-secundos
  9. trich
  10. trich-
  11. trichain

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