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tianquiztequitl.

Headword: 
tianquiztequitl.
Principal English Translation: 

market tax (see attestations)

Alonso de Molina: 

tianquiztequitl. alcauala.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 113r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

nican icuiliuhtoc in tiaquiztequitl in tlacalaquilli in teocuitlatl = Here is written the market tax paid in gold (Coyoascan, mid-sixteenth cent.)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 25, 138–139.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy