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heriot


  • 英式英标[\'hɛrɪət]
  • 美式音标[\'herɪət]

n. 租地继承税

英文词源

heriot (n.)
Old English here-geatwe (plural) "military equipment, army-gear," from here "army" (see harry). An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts.