[ tʌɪδ ]
■ noun
1》 one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy.
2》 archaic a tenth of a specified thing.
■ verb subject to or pay as a ~.
Derivatives
tithable adjective
Origin
OE tēotha (adjective in the ordinal sense 'tenth', used in a specialized sense as a noun), tēothian (v.).