hidage

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
   {Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law)
   A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
   tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage},
   {taillage}.]
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   Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
         {scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when
         upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}.
         --Blackstone.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hidage \Hid"age\, n. [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng.
   Law.)
   A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of
   land. [Written also {hydage}.]
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