alms-fee

短语

词形变化

alms-fees 复数 alms-fees

别名

almsfee

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.

    历史

词源

From Old English ælmesfeoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.

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