maletote

发音

UK /ˈmæl.təʊt/
US /ˈmæl.toʊt/
其它

词形变化

maletotes 复数 maletotes

别名

maletolt maltolte maltolt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.

    历史

词源

Inherited from Middle English maltode, from Anglo-Norman maltolt (“unjust tax”), from Medieval Latin malatolta, from mala (“evil”) + tolta (“tax”), the latter from tollīta (“raised”), used in Medieval Latin as past participle of Classical Latin tollō.

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