LIKINS

Noun

likins

plural of likin

Source: Wiktionary


LIKIN

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



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