hearth taxn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːθ taks/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrθ ˌtæks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hearth n.¹, tax n.¹

Etymology: < hearth n.¹ + tax n.¹

Now historical.

= hearth money n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > hearth or chimney tax

focage1499

feuage1523

smoke-pence1584

smoke-penny1631

hearth money1662

smoke-money1662

chimney-money1664

smoke-silver1664

hearth tax1689

fumage1755

chimney-tax1855

1689 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 628 In the interim to gratifie..the people, The Hearth Tax was remitted for ever.

1742 C. Morris Let. By-stander Necessity Regular Landforce vii. 92 The whole Number of People in Great Britain and Ireland, appear'd, from the Excise, Poll-Tax, and Hearth-Tax, to be Nine Millions and a half.

1793 Times 15 Feb. 4/1 The Ways and Means proposed..in lieu of the hearth tax..are as follows.

1807 S. Smith Two Lett. on Subj. of Catholics ii. 24 Ireland does not contain at this moment less than five millions of people. There were returned in the year 1791 to the hearth tax 701,000 houses.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. ii. 512 A hearth tax [1847 hearth-tax], or duty proportioned to the number of fire-places in a house, was established in this country [sc. England] at a very early period.

1922 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) iii. 121/1 In the eighteenth century the hearth tax became a window tax, and was more of an infliction than it had been before.

1970 W. B. Stephens & N. Fuidge in W. B. Stephens Hist. Congleton iii. 52 A hearth tax of 1668 gives details of all the houses in Congleton.

2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 A few years after Wildman became lord the hearth tax was levied.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hearth tax
释义	hearth taxn. Brit. /ˈhɑːθ taks/, U.S. /ˈhɑrθ ˌtæks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hearth n.¹, tax n.¹ Etymology: < hearth n.¹ + tax n.¹ Now historical. = hearth money n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > hearth or chimney tax focage1499 feuage1523 smoke-pence1584 smoke-penny1631 hearth money1662 smoke-money1662 chimney-money1664 smoke-silver1664 hearth tax1689 fumage1755 chimney-tax1855 1689 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 628 In the interim to gratifie..the people, The Hearth Tax was remitted for ever. 1742 C. Morris Let. By-stander Necessity Regular Landforce vii. 92 The whole Number of People in Great Britain and Ireland, appear'd, from the Excise, Poll-Tax, and Hearth-Tax, to be Nine Millions and a half. 1793 Times 15 Feb. 4/1 The Ways and Means proposed..in lieu of the hearth tax..are as follows. 1807 S. Smith Two Lett. on Subj. of Catholics ii. 24 Ireland does not contain at this moment less than five millions of people. There were returned in the year 1791 to the hearth tax 701,000 houses. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. ii. 512 A hearth tax [1847 hearth-tax], or duty proportioned to the number of fire-places in a house, was established in this country [sc. England] at a very early period. 1922 Gas Manuf., Distribution & Use (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) iii. 121/1 In the eighteenth century the hearth tax became a window tax, and was more of an infliction than it had been before. 1970 W. B. Stephens & N. Fuidge in W. B. Stephens Hist. Congleton iii. 52 A hearth tax of 1668 gives details of all the houses in Congleton. 2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 A few years after Wildman became lord the hearth tax was levied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1689
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