stamp duty

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noun

a tax on legal documents, publications, etc, the payment of which is certified by the attaching or impressing of official stamps

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Words nearby stamp duty

stammer, stamnos, stamp, Stamp Act, stamp collecting, stamp duty, stampede, stamper, stamping ground, stamp mill, stamp out

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How to use stamp duty in a sentence

He also proposed to relieve Ireland from the stamp-duty on awards, the loss on which would not exceed 500 a year.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
In like manner the extracts forwarded to parties from their accounts are free from stamp duty and taxation.
Social Comptabilism, Cheque and Clearing Service & Proposed Law|Ernest Solvay
Mr. Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced sundry resolutions relative to the imposition of stamp duty in America.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson
Do you think the people of America would submit to pay the stamp duty if it was moderated?
From Farm House to the White House|William M. Thayer

This testimonial shall be certified by the borough magistrate free of costs and stamp duty.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection|Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle