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1. amount, n. View full entry 1710
...The sum total to which anything mounts up or reaches:...
2. aˈrranging, adj. View full entry 1920
...Of a debtor: that makes an arrangement with his creditors....
3. assedation, n. View full entry 1457
...A letting out on lease, a lease....
4. barb, v. View full entry 1483
...To shave or trim the beard of (a person). Obs. in general use....
5. † ˈbartery, n. View full entry 1570
...Traffic by exchange, barter; = bartering...
6. book-keeper, n. View full entry 1555
...A person who keeps the accounts of a mercantile concern, public office, etc....
7. bullion, n.2 View full entry 1336
...? Melting-house or mint; but the 16th c. legal antiquaries understood it as ‘place of exchange’. (App. only in the Anglo-French Statutes, or the translations of them.)...
8. cellarage, n. View full entry 1512
...A feudal or seignorial duty upon cellared wine. Obs....
9. cess, n.1 View full entry 1531
...An assessment, tax, or levy: in various spec. applications....
10. † cess, v.1 View full entry 1495
...trans. To determine the amount of (a tax, fine, or contribution; also of rent, and the prices at which articles are to be sold); = assess1....
11. † ˈchargeably, adv. View full entry 1534
...In a chargeable way (in various senses)....
12. cheque | check, n. View full entry 1706
...The counterfoil of a bank bill, draft, etc. Obs....
13. ˈcoat-money, n. View full entry 1557
...Money to provide a coat for each man furnished for military service; esp. that exacted as a tax by Charles I. when governing without a Parliament. Usually in the phrase...
14. † ˈcogmen, n. View full entry 1389
...Men to whom the cloth called cog ware was sold. ...
15. coˈllectorship, n. View full entry 1553
...The office of a collector....
16. commandery | commandry, n. View full entry 1534
...An ecclesiastical or other benefice held in commendam. Obs....
17. committee, n. View full entry 1495
...A person to whom some charge, trust, or function is committed; a commissioner, commissary. Obs. exc. as in 1d....
18. commorth, n. View full entry 1402
...An aid, a contribution or collection in aid....
19. commutation, n. View full entry 1496
...The action or process of changing or altering; change, alteration, mutation. ? Obs....
20. concurrent, adj. and n. View full entry 1495
...Running together in space, as parallel lines; going on side by side, as proceedings; occurring together, as events or circumstances; existing or arising together; conjoint, associated....
