property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

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Gravette's proposal calls for putting dues on property the Fire Department serves outside city limits -- a measure already in place -- on property tax statements. Miceala Morano, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025 Commissioners in 2024 decided to freeze property tax revenues for 2025, resulting in cuts to public services that are likely to continue this summer. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2025 That’s because many owners of older properties have applied for and received exemptions to the rent caps after citing high maintenance costs, inflation and property tax increases. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025 The district would capture the increase in sales and property tax revenue within its 165.3 acres to fund sewer construction along U.S. 12 in the two towns. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of property tax was in 1808

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“Property tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20tax. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

property tax

noun
: a tax levied on real or personal property (as by a municipality) compare excise, income tax

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