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poll taxˈpoll tax noun  poll taxOrigin: 1600-1700 poll ‘head’; ➔ POLL1 - A large number of people seem to share the Prime Minister's belief that the poll tax is already abolished.
- Faced with the poll tax, most of its modern citizenry have sounded distinctly unphilosophical these past few weeks.
- I sought a mandate from my constituents to oppose the poll tax and made it plain exactly what I would do.
- Mr. Tony Banks Action was taken on the poll tax.
- Of course not; at that stage, they were still clinging to the poll tax.
- Senior Tories pressed Michael Heseltine, the environment secretary, to discuss radical changes to the poll tax.
- The council tax Bill exists because the poll tax was the disaster that so many hon. Members said it would be.
- The one redress any of the members of this group have is to try not to appear on the poll tax register.
► Taxad valorem tax, allowance, nounanti-dumping, adjectivebasic rate, bonded factory, bonded warehouse, nounbusiness gift, cabinet bid, capital allowance, capital gain, capital gains tax, nouncapital levy, nouncapitation, nouncarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncar tax, nouncash shell, nouncertificate of tax deducted, nounCGT, chargeable, adjectiveCTT, death duties, noundeclare, verbdeficiency notice, delinquent tax certificate, depreciable life, direct tax, noundutiable, adjectiveduty, nounduty-free, adjectiveduty-free, nounenrolled agent, estate tax, nounexcise, nounexemption, nounfiscal year, nounflat-rate, adjectivefree pay, imputed value, income tax, nounincome tax deduction, indirect tax, nouninheritance tax, nouninspector of taxes, nounInternal Revenue Service, nouninvestment tax credit, levy, verblevy, nounmarginal rate, net income, net interest, NIC, nounovertax, verbpay and file, nounpayroll tax, nounpersonal allowance, nounpoll tax, nounpollution credit, port of registry, progressive tax, nounratable, adjectiveratepayer, nounrebate, nounregressive tax, nounrepayment supplement, return, nounrevenue, nounsales tax, nounshell company, short-term gain, stamp, nounstamp duty, nounstandard deduction, surtax, nountariff, nountaxable income, taxation, nountax avoidance, nountax bracket, nountax break, nountax credit, tax-deductible, adjectivetax-deferred, adjectivetax disc, nountax dodge, nountax evasion, nountax exempt, adjectivetax-exempt income, tax exile, nountax haven, nountax inspector, nountaxman, nountaxpayer, nountax relief, nountax return, nountax shelter, nountax year, nountithe, noununderreport, verbunreported income, user fee, nounvalue-added tax, nounVAT, nounwithholding tax, nounzero-rated, adjective [countable] a tax of a particular amount that is collected from every citizen of a country SYN council tax |