| 单词 | roof tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroof tax roof tax n. any of various types of property tax, esp. one levied on the owner or occupier of a roofed building. ΚΠ 1853 Decisions of Zillah 260 The Defendant answers that the manai has been in his family for 100 years, and that he..has enjoyed it paying roof tax to the Government. 1926 F. W. H. Migeod View of Sierra Leone iv. 35 The tendency of the roof tax is to produce larger houses, and there are never out-buildings for it is the roof that is taxed. 1990 M. Thatcher in Hansard Commons (Electronic ed.) 8 Feb. 1007 We shall not introduce a roof tax, which is based on the capital valuation of houses regardless of whether they are owned or whether a tenant lives in them... Moreover, as a Thatcher I object to a roof tax. 2005 R. Hume Life with Birds 303 I wondered if there might be a roof tax, for half of Cairo looked to be unfinished: the tops of all the buildings bear spikes of scaffolding. < as lemmas |
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