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  • noun (O. Eng. Law) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.

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  • noun Geordie, slang The drug cannabis.
  • noun UK, law, obsolete A kind of customary payment by a tenant.

Etymologies

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Compare tack.

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Examples

  • Blackhawk has expanded its line of Knoxx Spec Ops shotgun stocks to include a 12-gauge hunting camo version as well as new 20-gauge offerings in tac black.

    Review: Knoxx Spec Ops Tactical Shotgun Stock 2009

  • LIPSKY: A tac is a-- is an adult officer who lives with a company.

    Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point 2003

  • This takes the standard output of tac, which is the GPL in reverse, and sends it to the standard input of less.

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • Description: SG-1 responds to an incoming wormhole with their ally Bra'tac's signal.

    Stargate SG-1 Watchathon - 'Crossroads' (S04E04) 2009

  • The black thing on the couch is a "tac", you know, like "if the devil doesn't like it he can sit on a tac"?

    Cake Wrecks the Game Show? Jen 2008

  • The black thing is a "tac"...you know, like the devil would sit on?

    Cake Wrecks the Game Show? Jen 2008

  • Along with Chief Warrant Officer II David Bednarcik, of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Corporal Daniel Pena, of Waukegan, Illinois; and Lance Corporal Mike Neal, of the South Side of Chicago (my closest friends in the battalion), I listened to news of the cloverleaf engagement on the battalion "tac," the tactical radio frequency, throughout the night.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Along with Chief Warrant Officer II David Bednarcik, of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Corporal Daniel Pena, of Waukegan, Illinois; and Lance Corporal Mike Neal, of the South Side of Chicago (my closest friends in the battalion), I listened to news of the cloverleaf engagement on the battalion "tac," the tactical radio frequency, throughout the night.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Over the ICOM and the battalion "tac" Smith immediately demanded the establishment of roadblocks.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

  • Over the ICOM and the battalion "tac" Smith immediately demanded the establishment of roadblocks.

    Five Days in Fallujah 2004

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