maletote

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmæl.təʊt/    美 /ˈmæl.toʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties. historical
    — Immediately hereupon, even this very yeere, was this complained of in Parliament, and a Petition exibited by the Lords and Cõmons, that it might be enacted, that this Maletolt or Imposition, because it was taken without assent of Parliament, might be taken away, and that a Law might be made, that no such charge might be laid, but by assent of Parliament: […]

词形变化

maletotes plural maletolt alternative maltolte alternative maltolt alternative

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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