property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

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Instead, she’s heard repeatedly that people need relief from high property tax bills. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025 Its data centers added $16 billion to Loudoun County’s $174 billion property tax base in 2024, the report said. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025 That’s $60 million in higher interest payments, which will be added to property tax bills, that could have been avoided. Libby Schaaf, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025 The commission meets each year to recommend the state property tax rates. Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 Apr. 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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