betterment tax
noun
a tax on real property, for use by a government for the improvement of public property.
Origin of betterment tax
1First recorded in 1885–90
Words Nearby betterment tax
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How to use betterment tax in a sentence
A betterment tax would be so assessed as to divert from the owner of the property the profit 832 thus accruing “unearned” to him.
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