"chout" meaning in English

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        "3": "चौथ",
        "t": "one quarter"
      },
      "expansion": "Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "chout (plural chouts)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "British India English",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1817, James Mill, The History of British India:",
          "text": "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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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "assessment",
          "assessment"
        ],
        [
          "quarter",
          "quarter"
        ],
        [
          "revenue",
          "revenue"
        ],
        [
          "levied",
          "levy"
        ],
        [
          "exempt",
          "exempt"
        ],
        [
          "plunder",
          "plunder"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chowt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "India",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chout"
}

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    {
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        "2": "mr",
        "3": "चौथ",
        "t": "one quarter"
      },
      "expansion": "Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Finance"
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        {
          "ref": "1817, James Mill, The History of British India:",
          "text": "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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder."
      ],
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          "assessment",
          "assessment"
        ],
        [
          "quarter",
          "quarter"
        ],
        [
          "revenue",
          "revenue"
        ],
        [
          "levied",
          "levy"
        ],
        [
          "exempt",
          "exempt"
        ],
        [
          "plunder",
          "plunder"
        ]
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        "(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."
      ],
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        "British",
        "India",
        "historical"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "chowt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chout"
}