tax sale
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tax sale
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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His mother paid $10 — about $100 today — for the lot on Shore Drive at a tax sale in the early 1960s.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
“People have just been terrified,” Kern said of the tax sale.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
It had been put up for tax sale four times but had no takers.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022
The upcoming online delinquent tax sale lists 43% of properties as vacant.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2021
The effect of the provision which has been quoted would, in my opinion, give to the purchaser at a tax sale a title superior to the lien of the Government for purchase money.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Harrison, Benjamin
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