capital levy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of capital levy
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The capital levy would cost 47 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in 2023 and decrease over the next five years, bringing the tax down to 37 cents per $1,000 by 2028.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
One of the big-ticket items the capital levy would fund is upgrades to Memorial Stadium, the Seattle Center facility where many students take part in graduation ceremonies or play football.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Technology represents about a third of the district’s six-year, $783 million capital levy request.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
He wanted a "capital levy" inserted "on principle," though the Senate should tear it up.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would have no difficulty about paying his capital levy, for he would obviously surrender something between 10 and 20 per cent. of his holding.
From War-Time Financial Problems by Hartley Withers
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