"likin" meaning in English

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        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "釐金",
        "tr": "líjīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin 釐金 (líjīn)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 釐金 (líjīn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "likins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Chihyun Chang, Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China: The Maritime Customs Service and Its Chinese Staff",
          "text": "The main theme of the conference was to levy the 2.5 per cent surtax in exchange for abolition of likin, which would benefit the powers and the Beijing government. The Beijing government proposed to abolish the likin no later than 1 January 1929, for which the powers would allow the interim surtax on ordinary goods and a higher percentage on luxury goods such as wine and tobacco.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit."
      ],
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          "Chinese",
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        ],
        [
          "provincial",
          "provincial"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "inland",
          "inland"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ],
        [
          "import",
          "import"
        ],
        [
          "transit",
          "transit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lekin"
        },
        {
          "word": "lijin"
        }
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "líjīn",
          "sense": "tax",
          "word": "厘金"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Likin (taxation)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌliːˈkɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "likin"
}

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        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "釐金",
        "tr": "líjīn"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 釐金 (líjīn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "likins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Chihyun Chang, Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China: The Maritime Customs Service and Its Chinese Staff",
          "text": "The main theme of the conference was to levy the 2.5 per cent surtax in exchange for abolition of likin, which would benefit the powers and the Beijing government. The Beijing government proposed to abolish the likin no later than 1 January 1929, for which the powers would allow the interim surtax on ordinary goods and a higher percentage on luxury goods such as wine and tobacco.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit."
      ],
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          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "provincial",
          "provincial"
        ],
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          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "inland",
          "inland"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ],
        [
          "import",
          "import"
        ],
        [
          "transit",
          "transit"
        ]
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        "(obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "historical",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Likin (taxation)"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌliːˈkɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lekin"
    },
    {
      "word": "lijin"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líjīn",
      "sense": "tax",
      "word": "厘金"
    }
  ],
  "word": "likin"
}