Tax paid by a merchant or citizen to the market lord – sovereign, king, city administration – for the right to offer goods for sale at the market; either as a stall fee graduated according to the respective spatial location on the marketplace, as a share of the sales made, or as a lump-sum payment. – In the past, the market fee was mostly earmarked for the supervision of markets and fairs by the regulatory and fire police. – See “Gebührfreiplatz,” “Kirchweihgeld,” “Messegeld,” “Taadil,” “Torgeld,” “Umlage,” “Ungeld,” “Wägegeld,” “Wassergeld.
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