DANEGELD


Meaning of DANEGELD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdān-ˌgeld ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Date: before 12th century

: an annual tax believed to have been imposed originally to buy off Danish invaders in England or to maintain forces to oppose them but continued as a land tax

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.