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land tax

noun

  1. (formerly) a tax payable annually by virtue of ownership of land, abolished in Britain in 1963
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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If they lose, they will pay extra land tax, but if they win, they will be excused from the tax for three years.

North said that 9,000 additional seamen were wanted at once, and raised the land tax to four shillings.

I submit the above measure to those who believe that the road to social freedom lies by some sort of land tax.

Scotland was assigned a very moderate share of the land tax (under one-fortieth), and was exempted from certain stamp duties.

The great increase in other heads had impaired the value of the land tax as a fiscal support.

Parallel with the movement of the land tax but showing much more rapid growth was the excise of the 18th century.

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