Historical Romanian taxes

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This is a glossary of historical Romanian taxes used in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.

Name of the taxEtymologyDescriptionPeriod
albinărit, [1] stupărit, [2] prisăcărit [3] albină (bee), stup, prisacă (beehive)tax on beehives
cotărit [4] cot (elbow)tax on wholesales
căldărit [5] căldare (bucket)tax on alcohol distillation
cepărit [6] cep (wine barrel spigot)tax on taverns
cerărit [7] ceară (wax)tax on wax production
cocărit [8] cocă (dough)tax on maize production
dijmărit [9] dijmă (tenth part)tax on beehives and pigs
folărit [10] foale (bellows used for cheese production)tax on cheese production
fumărit, [11] coșărit [12] fumar, coș (chimney)tax on chimneys
ierbărit (Wallachia) [13] iarbă (grass)tax on the usage of a pasture
jugărit, [14] lemnărit [14] jug (yoke), lemn (wood)tax on cartfuls of wood taken from the forest
măjărit [15] măjar (fishmonger)tax on cartfuls of fish
morărit [16] moară (mill)tax on mills (watermills and windmills)
oierit [17] oaie (sheep)tax on sheep
perperit [18] perpertax on sold goods (paid in perper coins)
pădurărit [19] pădure (forest)tax on forests
podărit [20] pod (bridge) tax on crossing a bridge
pogonărit [21] pogon tax on each pogon of land owned
popărit [22] popă (priest)tax paid by the priests
săpunărit [23] săpun (soap) tax on soap
solărit (Moldavia) [24] Slavic sol (salt)tax on salt (extracted, transportated or sold)18th century
tescovinărit [25] tescovină (grape brandy)tax on grape brandy
țigănărit [26] țigan (Gypsy)tax on each Roma slave owned (see Slavery in Romania)
tutunărit [27] tutun (tobacco)tax on tobacco cultivation
văcărit, [28] cornărit (Moldavia), [29] sulgiu [30] vacă (cow)tax on cows
vădrărit, [31] vinărit, [32] vinărici, [33] pivnicerit, [34] otaștină [35] vadră , vin (wine) pivniță (cellar)tax on wine produced

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  4. "cotărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  5. "căldare". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
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  16. "morărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
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  18. "perperit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
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  24. "solărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  25. "tescovinărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  26. "țigănărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  27. "tutunărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  28. "văcărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  29. "cornărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  30. "sulgiu". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  31. "vădrărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  32. "vinărit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
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  34. "pivnicerit". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.
  35. "otaștină". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988.