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Land tax   /lænd tæks/   Listen
Land tax

noun
1.
A capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property.  Synonym: property tax.






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"Land tax" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bhurt Jee (the brother of Ram) came upon the landholders and cultivators of Oude, they were much finer; when he set out from his capital of Ajoodheea for the conquest of Cylone, he left the administration to his brother, Bhurt Jee, who made a liberal settlement of the land tax. He put a ghurra or pitcher, with a round bottom, turned upside down, into every half acre (beegha) of the cultivated land, and required the landholder or cultivator to leave upon it, as much of the grain produced as the rounded ...
— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman



Words linked to "Land tax" :   capital levy, council tax



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