A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
within or heading a ten-card holding. [Usage: ace-king-tenth = ten cards headed by the ace-king.
a tenth part; one part in ten