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lay an impost

verb as in tax

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assess
enact
impose

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charge
demand
exact
extract
rate
tithe

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charge duty
demand toll
exact tribute
require contribution

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Tallage, tal′āj, n. a name applied to those taxes to which, under the Anglo-Norman kings, the demesne lands of the crown and all royal towns were subject—also Tall′iage.—v.t. to lay an impost upon—also Tall′iate.—adj.

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