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 tax | Etymology | Description | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | perper | tax 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 |