(Scottish Borders, Ireland, historic) Protection money.
(Scottish Borders, Ireland, historic) Protection money.
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(dated) Blackmail (rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin).
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(historical, Scotland) A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan.
(Scotland, historical) Rent due to be paid before the first crop is reaped.
(Scotland, historical) Rent in money, not in kind.
(UK, historical, obsolete, _, slang) The Irish shilling of 13 pence, as opposed to the English 'white hog' shilling of 12 pence.
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