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country rates † N.S., Hist. 
a tax on property.
- 1952 When Joseph came home . . . there were ten-dollar bills . . . but those all went for the country rates, the tote-load of flour and feed, things like that.
- 1952 When Joseph came home . . . there were ten-dollar bills . . . but those all went for the country rates, the tote-load of flour and feed, things like that.