noun
- taxes or levies imposed by a feudal lord on tenants or vassals
Usage: historical; archaic
Examples
- The medieval lord collected tallages from his peasants each harvest season.
- Feudal tallages were often burdensome for common farmers.
- The king imposed heavy tallages on his subjects to fund the war.
- Village records show various tallages paid to the manor house.
- Peasants sometimes fled to avoid paying excessive tallages.