单词 | community charge |
释义 | > as lemmascommunity charge community charge n. British (now historical) a tax or charge for local services levied as a flat-rate charge on adult residents of a community; = poll tax n. 2.The community charge was introduced to replace rates, in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales in 1990, and was in turn replaced by the council tax in 1993. Cf. rate n.1 6c, council tax n. at council n. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > community charge community tax1850 poll tax1981 community charge1985 1985 Financial Times 2 Oct. 1/5 People would have to pay two local taxes—a domestic rate..and a poll tax..or community charge. 1994 T. Byrne Local Govt. in Brit. (ed. 6) xi. 329 A ‘ready reckoner’ that indicates what the community charge norm (or target figure) was calculated to be. 2002 Brit. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 32 451 One spectacular policy failure, the introduction of the community charge or poll tax. < as lemmas |
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