FIFTEENTH, Eng. law. The name of a tax levied by authority of parliament for the use of the king, which consisted of one-fifteenth part of the goods of those who are subject to it. T. L

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. f[imac]fte[=o][eth]a. See Fifteen.]

1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen. [1913 Webster]

2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, n.

1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen. [1913 Webster]

2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]

3. (Mus.)
   (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
   (b) An interval consisting of two octaves. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

fifteenth adj : coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position [syn: 15th]

noun

position 15 in a countable series of things

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. f[=i]fte[=o][eth]a. See Fifteen.]

1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.

2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fifteenth \Fif"teenth`\, n.

1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.

2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. --Burrill.

3. (Mus.)
   (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
   (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)