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direct tax
noun
, Government.
- a tax exacted directly from the persons who will bear the burden of it (without reimbursement to them at the expense of others), as a poll tax, a general property tax, or an income tax.
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Derived Forms
- direct taxation, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of direct tax1
An Americanism dating back to 1785–90
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Example Sentences
In 1791 a direct tax was levied by Act of Congress on all lands and houses; excise officers were to ascertain their value.
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To him belongs the credit of suggesting the proposition of raising a revenue by a direct tax upon the colonies.
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To all the purposes of legality, that law is as much legal as that under which the direct tax was instituted.
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The Confederation itself authorizes a direct tax, to a certain extent, on the post office.
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Our Congress, exercising one of the powers of the Constitution, levied a direct tax upon the States.
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