| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  t l, tä y |
| NOUN: | A form of direct royal taxation that was levied in France before 1789 on nonprivileged subjects and lands and tended to weigh most heavily on the peasants. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, division. See tail2.
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