direct tax

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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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Origin of direct tax

An Americanism dating back to 1785–90

Words nearby direct tax

directress, directrix, direct selling, direct speech, direct sum, direct tax, direct-vision prism, direct-vision spectroscope, Diredawa, direful, diremption

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How to use direct tax in a sentence

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
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His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
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If someone wants to ensure a direct and secure connection, no entity, whether a hotel or otherwise, should be able to block it.
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Each religion claims that its own Bible is the direct revelation of God, and is the only true Bible teaching the only true faith.
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The steamboat of 1809 and the steam locomotive of 1830 were the direct result of what had gone before.
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It was a direct lie to tell the Austrian commander that an armistice had been arranged and the bridge ceded to the French.
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The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
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I suppose that to most men such a warning would be a direct incitement to make the attempt.
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British Dictionary definitions for direct tax

direct tax

noun

a tax paid by the person or organization on which it is leviedCompare indirect tax

Derived forms of direct tax

direct taxation, noun

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