land tax
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The EDC is in charge of doling out city-owned land, tax incentives and financing subsidies for large-scale development projects in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He also awarded them "substantial damages", including the stamp duty land tax, all the costs incurred by them in seeking to eradicate the infestation of moths, and £15,000 for ruined clothes.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
The Bengali calendar emerged under the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar by combining Islamic and solar Hindu calendars to facilitate land tax collection.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
To bankroll the programmes, Lee proposed a carbon tax and a national land tax scheme to increase taxes for all property holders and cut transaction costs.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021
I submit the above measure to those who believe that the road to social freedom lies by some sort of land tax.
From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton
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