Zehnt — meaning in English

English meaning

• tithe noun A payment of one tenth of a person's income given to a church, traditionally as a religious obligation.

Senses

Zehnt is used for these senses in English:

• tithe (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.

tithe — full definition

1. noun A payment of one tenth of a person's income given to a church, traditionally as a religious obligation.
2. verb To pay a tenth of your income to a church, or to give regularly in this way.
3. noun Historically, a tax of one tenth of the annual produce of land or livestock, paid to support the parish church and clergy.