The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
   Taille, and cf. Tailage.] (O. Eng. Law)
   A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
   tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also tailage,
   taillage.]
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   Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
         scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when
         upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage.
         --Blackstone.
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