vectigal

Noun

 * 1)  A tax.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) tax, tribute, (public) revenue
 * 2) * Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum; Paradox VI, 49
 * O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia.
 * O immortal gods! People do not understand how great a revenue parsimony can be.
 * 1)  windfall, profit, (private) revenue