noun
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one tenth of state's revenue earmarked for repair and renovate water tanks, wells, canals, etc.
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total land of a state earning that much of revenue as land-tax for the state.
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the authority of the person, spending that much money for the purpose, to collect as tax one tenth of the produce (or its worth) got from land benefited.
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tax paid or to be paid by the owners of the land that got benefited from such irrigation.