window tax

noun

1. history a tax on windows in houses levied between 1696 and 1851

Example Sentences

As little light as possible was admitted into the house in order to save the window-tax.

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The strong light and heat of the sun has the effect of a window-tax in limiting the size and number of the windows.

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They include the land tax,19 the personal and habitation tax (contribution personnelle-mobilire), and door and window tax.

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By the withdrawal of the window tax in 1851 obvious and necessary advantages were gained in the building of houses.

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The window-tax was originally a device of the statesmen of the Revolution for making good the deficiency of the clipped money.

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