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poll tax
[ pohl ]
/ poʊl /
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noun
a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
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Also called head tax.
Origin of poll tax
First recorded in 1685–95
Words nearby poll tax
pollock, Pollock, Jackson, poll parrot, pollster, polltaker, poll tax, pollucite, pollutant, pollute, polluted, pollution
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British Dictionary definitions for poll tax
poll tax
noun
a tax levied per head of adult population
an informal name for (the former) community charge
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Cultural definitions for poll tax
poll tax
A tax required as a qualification for voting. After the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution extended the vote to blacks in 1870, many southern states instituted poll taxes to prevent blacks from voting. The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1964, prohibits poll taxes for federal elections.
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