[Arab. kharāj, in Egypt kharāg, in Turkish kharātch tribute.] Tribute; rent; poll-tax: see CARATCH.
1860. Times, 25 June, 10/6. The allegation that the word ‘tribute’ is incorrectly used…, ‘kharatch,’ or ‘poll-tax,’ being the expression in the original.
1881. Edin. Rev., April, 342. Unable to pay their kharag or rent.
