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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 529 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BATTA , an Anglo-See also:

INDIAN

Indian military See also:

TERM

term, probably derived from the Canarese bhatta (See also:

rice in the husk), meaning a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance made to See also:

OFFICERS

officers, soldiers, or other public servants in the See also:

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