single tax
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noun Economics.
a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
Origin of single tax
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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The single-tax theory of value is that ground-rent automatically absorbs all benefits of progress.
The Principles of EconomicsFrank A. Fetter
A propaganda like the single-tax will undoubtedly find increasing support among business men.
A Preface to PoliticsWalter Lippmann
This encouraged Nekhludoff, and he proceeded to explain the single-tax theory of Henry George.
The AwakeningLeo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy
Mr. George was a man who had made a world-wide reputation for himself as the originator of the Single-Tax system.
This was not the single-tax, but it was the nearest approach to it under present conditions.
The AwakeningLeo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy
single tax
noun US
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