Annual tribute
Definition
An annual tax, tribute, or levy paid in the past by subjects to the ruler or boyars in the Romanian principalities; a periodic financial obligation established over an entire year; (adjective) that is paid or executed once a year, according to old administrative customs.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Annual tribute
- Yearly historical tax
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, exhibiting regular structural historical variations and parallel archaic adjective forms. |
| Formation | Archaic derivative formed in early Romanian administrative speech to denote the yearly cycle of taxation. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.nu.ˈel.nik] |
| Source | Glossary of Feudal Obligations and Medieval Economic Records |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Hrisovul domnesc arăta clar că țăranii erau scutiți de orice alt bir, în afară de acest anuelnic fixed.
EN: The princely charter clearly showed that the peasants were exempt from any other tribute, except for this fixed annual tax.
RO: Dregătorul a sosit în sat la sfârșitul toamnei pentru a strânge anuelnicul datorat curții boierești.
EN: The official arrived in the village at the end of autumn to collect the annual tribute owed to the boyar court.
RO: Plata unui anuelnic în grâne asigura comunității liniștea și protecția împotriva atacurilor militare.
EN: The payment of a yearly tax in grains ensured the community peace and protection against military attacks.
Idioms & Phrases
Plată de anuelnic / Annual tribute payment
RO: Actul oficial prin care comunitățile rurale își achitau datoriile fiscale către vistieria țării o dată pe an.
EN: The official act through which rural communities settled their fiscal debts to the country's treasury once a year.
Anuelnic domnesc / Princely annual levy
RO: Dajde specială instituită direct de voievod pentru finanțarea armatei sau plătirea tributului extern.
EN: A special levy instituted directly by the voivode to finance the army or pay foreign tribute.
Scutire de anuelnic / Exemption from annual tax
RO: Privilegiu istoric acordat unor mănăstiri sau sate de a nu plăti birul periodic anual datorat statului.
EN: A historical privilege granted to certain monasteries or villages allowing them not to pay the periodic annual tax owed to the state.
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