φόρος
Alt. φόρος, ὁ,
Etym. φέρω
1. "that which is brought in, tribute", such as is paid "by subjects to a ruling state", as by the Asiatic Greeks to Athens, Thuc.; φόρου ὑποτελεῖς subject to pay "tribute", id=Thuc.; φόρον ὑποτελέειν to pay "tribute", Hdt.; ἀπάγειν, φέρειν Ar.; φ. τάξασθαι toagree to pay "it", Hdt.; τάξαι to impose it, Dem.
2. "any payment", Xen., Plut.