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tithable

/tahy-thuh-buhl/US // ˈtaɪ ðə bəl //UK // (ˈtaɪðəbəl) //

什一税制,什一税的,应缴税款,什一税制的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subject to the payment of tithes.

Examples

  • From this it is to be inferred that potatoes were not made tithable until a later period, pasture being exempted to the last.

  • Of 704 tithable whites listed in 1783 all save 199 possessed slaves.

  • Negro children imported had their ages recorded by the court, and became tithable at the age of twelve years.

  • The law of 1645 provided for a tax on property and tithable persons.