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Tax Danegeld Dayn Gheld Noun Capitalized Annual Believed Imposed

Front danegeld \DAYN-gheld\
Back noun (often capitalized)
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

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