单词 | betterment charge |
释义 | > as lemmasbetterment charge attributive in sense 1b, esp. with reference to the assessment of the effect on the value of property of improvements other than those made by its owner, and to financial arrangements consequent upon such assessment, as betterment assessment, betterment charge, betterment levy, betterment tax, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > specific indiction1586 top-annual1597 zakat1802 premium1859 betterment tax1869 1808 Jrnl. Proc. Senate New-Hampsh. 21 A vote, that Mr. Green be one of the committee on the act called the Betterment Act. 1829 S. Greenleaf Rep. Supreme Court Maine 5 153 The equitable claims of a tenant in possession under the betterment act, are not affected by a judgment in a petition for partition. 1869 Amer. Law Rev. 3 Index 27 Betterment Tax on Horse Railroads. 1871 57th Ann. Rep. Auditor of Accts. Boston 1868–9 289 Boston's per capita of $40, including her ‘betterment’ assessment, becomes $17.80 on each $1,000. 1875 6th Ann. Rep. Board of Railroad Commissioners (Mass.) 47 A local distribution of a portion of the cost of the proposed change, in the nature of a betterment charge. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Dec. 7/1 Some councillors, who were opposed to the Strand Improvement Bill, would support the ‘betterment’ clause in order to ensure the failure of the whole scheme. 1912 F. A. Cleveland & F. W. Powell Railroad Finance viii. 146 The Great Northern..has appropriated large amounts from net income to a betterment fund. 1968 M. Neutze Suburban Apartment Boom vii. 136 Some candidates..suggested a betterment tax, to be levied on the increase in value of land when, by rezoning, a change in use was permitted. 1999 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 19 Feb. 23 Previous attempts to introduce tax on development—the betterment levy and development land tax—had led to a shortage of development land. 2009 J. Gregory in R. Freestone Cities, Citizens & Environmental Reform vi. 182 A betterment system..under which landowners who benefited financially from tramway extensions pay half the increase in their land value to the government. < as lemmas |
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