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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM |
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TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution) , a sum of money or other valuable thing paid by one state or person to another state or person, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace or protection
Revenue by means of tribute was one of the most characteristic forms of the financial
FINANCE
The word tribute was also applied in the Roman
ordinary vectigalia. Such, in particular, were certain property taxes, raised to meet the expenses of war. They were levied on all citizens alike, in proportion to the extent of a man's fortune, and varied according to the total
revenue to be raised. (2) To the ordinary stipendium or tax of fixed amount paid either in money or in kind , on property, trades, or as a poll-tax, raised in the Roman
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