(India, historical) An assignment on the revenue on land in favour of an individual.
(India, historical) An assignment on the revenue on land in favour of an individual.
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(India, historical) Money advanced to a ryot by his superior to enable him to carry on his cultivation, and recoverable with his quota of revenue.
(India, historical) A kind of tithe, consisting of the proprietorship of one seventh of all the produce of a parish or district.
(India, historical, attributive) A form of hereditary tenure at a fixed rent.
(India) A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.
(India, historical) The settlement of the yearly land revenue in instalments called kists.