(obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
(historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
(historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
The body of farmers of public revenues.
The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.