Definition of Liin
||Li"kin`, n. [Written also
lekin.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth part of
a tael + kin money.] A Chinese provincial tax levied at
many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
"Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal,
as one of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is, in
Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of
taxation. A. R. Colquhoun.
||Li"kin`, n. [Written also
lekin.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth part of
a tael + kin money.] A Chinese provincial tax levied at
many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
"Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal,
as one of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is, in
Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of
taxation. A. R. Colquhoun.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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