land tax
(formerly) a tax payable annually by virtue of ownership of land, abolished in Britain in 1963
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How to use land tax in a sentence
If they lose, they will pay extra land tax, but if they win, they will be excused from the tax for three years.
North said that 9,000 additional seamen were wanted at once, and raised the land tax to four shillings.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntI submit the above measure to those who believe that the road to social freedom lies by some sort of land tax.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairScotland was assigned a very moderate share of the land tax (under one-fortieth), and was exempted from certain stamp duties.
The great increase in other heads had impaired the value of the land tax as a fiscal support.
Parallel with the movement of the land tax but showing much more rapid growth was the excise of the 18th century.
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