malikana

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noun

A payment made to a malik or landlord.

Scrabble 14

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nounmalikana (plural malikanas)

plural malikanas

  1. IndiaA payment made to a malik or landlord.

    […] malikanas payable to a proprietor in lieu of surrender of all his proprietary rights, to a transferee, which is payable whether or not the lands are used for agricultural purposes; […]

    1960, Babu Ram Misra, Indian Federal Finance, page 254

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