Tithe

[taɪð]

解释:

(noun.) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income.

(noun.) a levy of one tenth of something.

(verb.) pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; 'Although she left the church officially, she still tithes'.

(verb.) pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; 'He tithed his income to the Church'.

(verb.) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); 'The wool was tithed'.

(verb.) exact a tithe from; 'The church was tithed'.

校对:马蒂--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.

(n.) Hence, a small part or proportion.

(a.) Tenth.

(v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

(v. i.) Tp pay tithes.

录入:勒达

同义词及近义词:

n. Tenth, tenth part.

v. a. Tax (to the amount of one tenth).

整理:劳埃德

解释:

n. a tenth part hence any indefinitely small part: the tenth of the produce of land and stock allotted for the maintenance of the clergy and other church purposes: any rateable tax payable in kind or by commutation of its value in money.—v.t. to tax to a tenth.—adjs. Tī′thable subject to the payment of tithes; Tithe′-free exempt from paying tithes.—n. Tithe′-gath′erer one who collects tithes.—adj. Tithe′-pay′ing subjected to pay tithes.—ns. Tithe′-pig one pig out of ten paid as a tithe; Tithe′-proc′tor a levier or collector of tithes; Tī′ther one who collects tithes; Tī′thing an old Saxon district containing ten householders each responsible for the behaviour of the rest; Tī′thing-man the chief man of a tithing.

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