cens

sɑ̃s

Definition

Definition of cens - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

suffrage

Dated

montant minimum d'impôt requis pour voter ou être élu

Dated

Seuls ceux qui payaient le cens pouvaient participer aux élections.

impôt

quotité

féodalité

Rare

redevance annuelle due au seigneur par certains biens féodaux

Rare

Le paysan devait verser un cens au château chaque année.

redevance

tribut

antiquité

Rare

recensement quinquennal des citoyens romains et leurs biens

Rare

Le cens romain permettait de connaître la population de l'empire.

recensement

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cens électoral

condition de richesse exigée autrefois pour avoir le droit de voter

Le cens électoral limitait le vote aux plus riches propriétaires.

Origin of cens

latin, census (recensement)

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cueilloir

document historique

registre des cens et rentes dus à un seigneur

censier

adj.

seigneur

qui recevait une redevance féodale appelée cens

censier

adj.

tenancier

qui devait payer une redevance féodale appelée cens

censive

terre concédée

terre accordée contre le paiement d'un cens annuel

censuel

adj.

droit féodal

qui concerne le cens ou les redevances dues au seigneur

Examples of cens in a sentence

Le débat portait sur l'abaissement du cens électoral.
Le cens était inscrit dans les registres du seigneur.
Les villageois discutaient du montant du cens à payer.
Le cens était organisé tous les cinq ans à Rome.
Les résultats du cens déterminaient la classe sociale des citoyens.

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English:poll tax, cens, ...
German:Zensus, Zins, ...
Italian:censo, canone feudale, ...
Spanish:censo censitario, censo, ...
Portuguese:censo, censo romano, ...
Chinese:选举资格税, 地租, ...
Japanese:納税資格, 年貢, ...
Arabic:ضريبة التصويت, ضريبة السُنس, ...
Hebrew:סֵף מַס, מַס פֵּאוּדָלִי, ...
Russian:ценз, феодальная рента, ...
Ukrainian:ценз, феодальний оброк, ...
Catalan:cens, ...
Danish:en census, landgilde, ...
Dutch:cijns, grondcijns, ...
Greek:εκλογικό κριτήριο εισοδήματος, ενοίκιο, ...
Khmer:ពន្ធសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោត, សួយសារអាករប្រចាំឆ្នាំ, ...
Korean:선거세, 영주세, ...
Polish:cenzus, czynsz feudalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):censo censitário, foro, ...
Romanian:cenz, cens, ...
Swedish:census, cens, ...
Thai:เงินภาษีขั้นต่ำสำหรับสิทธิเลือกตั้ง, เงินค่าธรรมเนียมศักดินา, ...
Turkish:seçim vergisi, feodal vergi, ...
Vietnamese:ngưỡng thuế, thuế địa tô, ...

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Definition of cens - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Expressions with cens

Origin of cens

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