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capital levy
noun
- a tax based on capital, as distinguished from a tax on income.
capital levy
noun
- a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
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Word History and Origins
Origin of capital levy1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
Mr. Adamson frankly declared that the Labour Party was in favour of a capital levy, but wanted to get at the war-profits first.
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People often say that a Capital Levy merely imagines everybody dying at the same time.
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I do not rule the Capital Levy out as impracticable by any means, but as a taxation expedient I cannot be enthusiastic about it.
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