head money

noun

Poll tax.

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Meanings

nounhead money (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablePoll tax.

    to be taxt by the poul, to be scons't our head money, our tuppences in their Chaunlerly Shop-book of Easter

    1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteuncountableA reward paid per person captured at sea etc.
  3. obsoleteuncountableA reward for a proscribed outlaw's head.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
poll tax
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APA

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MLA

“head money.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/head%20money. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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