LIKIN
Etymology
Noun
likin (countable and uncountable, plural likins)
(obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
Source: Wiktionary
Li"kin`, n. [Written also lekin.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth
part of a tael + kin money.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition