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Definition of Chout
1. n. An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue.
Definition of Chout
1. Noun. (India) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chout
1. extortion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chout
Literary usage of Chout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1841)
"It was a permanent contribution of chout. one fourth of the revenue, and exempted
the districts that agreed to it from plunder as long as it was regularly ..."
2. The History of India, from the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord by John Clark Marshman (1867)
"This is the first mention in history of the celebrated claim of the chout, or
fourth of the revenue, The origin of which the Mahrattas subsequently marched ..."
3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1887)
"FW. for Assault, 28 / 4 e chout, Cornelius, for Threats, 14/4« Clark. Chus .
for Assault, 7 j 4 6 Clarke. \Vm.. for Wife Desertion, 29 т Я f Henry, ..."
4. The History of India: From the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord by John Clark Marshman (1867)
"Peshwa obtain« ^e singular moderation of the Peshwa on this the chout of occasion,
when the Nizam was at his mercy, was ii'i-rat, ..."
5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"He left the province of Orissa in the possession of the Raja, and pledged himself
to pay a yearly chout or tribute of twelve lakhs of rupees for Bengal and ..."
6. An historical account of the settlement and possession of Bombay, by the by Samuel Pechel (1781)
"... his march towards the country pf Hyder, demanding the arrears of chout, at
the fame time writing to Mahomet Aly Cawn nabob of the Carnatic, ..."
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