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Swedish translation: skatteförpaktare, publikaner

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English term or phrase:	tax-farmer
Swedish translation:	skatteförpaktare, publikaner
Entered by:	Anders Dalstrom

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16:49 Jan 10, 2010

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Art/Literary - History

English term or phrase: tax-farmer

From Caesar's Civil War commentaries (III:31):

"After doing this [Scipio] had requisitioned large sums of money from the communities and the despots, and had also exacted from *tax-farmers* of his province the amount owing for two years..."

Anders Dalstrom KudoZ activity Questions: 305 (none open) (28 closed without grading) Answers: 69 Ireland
Local time: 11:41

skatteförpaktare, publikaner

Explanation:
Se "publikaner" i ne.se.

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Note added at 16 Stunden (2010-01-11 09:21:04 GMT)
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Se även "tax farming" i Wikipedia.

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Note added at 16 Stunden (2010-01-11 09:34:56 GMT)
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Item a publicanis suae provinciae debitam biennii pecuniam exegerat...
Så originalets ord är, som väntat, "publicani".

Selected response from:

Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 12:41

Grading comment

Thanks, Joakim. Didn't know 'publikan' was a word in Swedish. Live and learn...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4	skatteförpaktare, publikaner	Joakim Braun
4	skattebonde	Vibekke Henriksen

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43 mins confidence:

skattebonde

Explanation:
Självägande bonde som betalade skatt till kronan.

Alltså en bonde som ägde sin jord och inte arrenderade jorden från en godsägare.

Example sentence(s):

skattebonde, under äldre tid självägande bonde som brukade skattejord.

Reference: http://www.ne.se/skattebonde
Reference: http://www.svanborg.se/faktasida.htm#18

Vibekke Henriksen
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 2

16 hrs confidence:

skatteförpaktare, publikaner

Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 12:41
Native speaker of:

German,

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, Joakim. Didn't know 'publikan' was a word in Swedish. Live and learn...

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