verb
- imposing or collecting a tallage (a feudal tax)
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The lord was tallaging his tenants to fund the castle repairs.
- Medieval records show the king tallaging various towns for military expenses.
- The practice of tallaging serfs was common in feudal England.
- Local officials were responsible for tallaging the peasantry.
- The baron began tallaging his estates to raise funds for the crusade.