duplicand

noun

du·​pli·​cand

¦d(y)üplə¦kand

variants or less commonly duplicando

-n(ˌ)do

plural -s

Scots law

: the doubling of a feu-duty

also : the double duty itself

Word History

Etymology

Latin duplicando, ablative of duplicandum, gerund of duplicare

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