chout

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi chauth (chauth, “one quarter”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

chout (plural chouts)

  1. (India) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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