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scutage (s) (noun), scutages (pl)
1. A tax which was paid instead of serving in military service: Scutage that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
2. Etymology: from Latin sc?t?gium, from sc?tum, "shield".
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