likin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of likin
1875–80; < earlier or dialectal Chinese, for Chinese líjīn ( lí .001 ounce + jīn money)
Example Sentences
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The new tariff is not to take the place of the abolished likin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Powers represented at the Customs Conference signified "on principle" their willingness to grant China customs autonomy in return for the abolition of "likin."
From Time Magazine Archive
The likin or tariff on goods shipped from one large town to another, will be abolished Dec. 31.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he leaned forward and said confidentially: “But I’ll confess, all this tight-fittin’ clothes, and a boiled shirt with stiff collars and cuffs ain’t to my likin’!
From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
The charges for interest and sinking fund, which amounted to over £3,000,000, were secured on the revenue of the maritime customs, and on the likin taxes of certain specified provinces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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