A charge or fee formerly paid by peasants in feudal times; a tax or tribute.
From Old French 'denierage' (from 'denier', a small coin), referring to a feudal tax traditionally paid in deniers or equivalent value.
Denierage was a real feudal obligation—peasants had to pay their lord in these small coin equivalents, and the word itself shows how economic terms became entrenched in legal systems for centuries.
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