(India, historical) Any of a number of miscellaneous taxes in Madras and Bombay.
(India, historical) Any of a number of miscellaneous taxes in Madras and Bombay.
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(India, obsolete, by extension) A tax or custom duty.
(India, historical) A kind of tithe, consisting of the proprietorship of one seventh of all the produce of a parish or district.
(India, historical) A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.
(India, obsolete, countable) A custom house.
(India, obsolete) rate; custom; toll; rent; money lent.