A historical feudal rent or tax paid in the form of barns or grain stored in barns.
From barn (Old English bere-ærn meaning 'barley house') plus the suffix -age denoting a charge, tax, or collective quantity.
In medieval times, farmers couldn't just pay taxes with money—they had to give the lord actual grain stored in barns, which is why this rent got its own special name!
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