chout

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, one quarter).

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chout (plural chouts)

  1. (British India, historical) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder.
    • 1817, James Mill, The History of British India:
      An officer , as collector of chout , was established on the part of the Peshwa , and another on the part of the Gaekwar princes , who , under the pretence of its affecting the revenues , and hence the Mahratta chout , interfered with every act of administration []

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