a tax on windows in houses levied between 1696 and 1851
Examples of 'window tax' in a sentence
window tax
This is the worst idea since the window tax of 1696.
The Sun (2018)
Window tax was once used to extract money from the wealthy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The window tax was intended to be progressive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Payment of some special buildings or window tax?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Describe how reinstating the window tax for commercial enterprises would deal with corporations avoiding national taxes (and lead to more imaginative architecture).
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In the late 18th century many households blocked their windows to avoid paying the dreaded window tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You would have thought that the chancellor had just announced a window tax, so bitter was the moaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The infamous window tax of the 18th century led to lots of bricked-up spaces as householders decided that they could make do with less light.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There was the 18th-century window tax, which forced thousands of homeowners to brick up their windows.