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stamp duty

British

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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The stamp duty, or property-sales charge, was temporarily waived from September 2022 until March 31, 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The stamp duty, or property sales charge, was temporarily waived between September 2022 and April 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Even if they do, they won't get £750,000 as 10% goes to the platform, as well as costs such as legal fees, stamp duty and marketing.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The former deputy prime minister quit in September, after it emerged she had failed to pay the correct amount of stamp duty on a £800,000 flat in Hove.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

They enjoy the privileges of incorporation, exemption from stamp duty, gratuitous announcement in the official Moniteur and may have free postage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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