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This increase is mainly due to higher property tax expenses.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
This would push more property tax bills in the area above $10,000 per year, with owners often passing the cost onto their tenants.
—Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The bond, which would be funded through a secondary property tax, would help the city with projects such as a $97 million new public safety headquarters and a new $30 million training facility for public safety personnel.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Georgia is one of eight states with property tax measures on the ballot.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
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“Property tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20tax. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Legal Definition
property tax
noun
: a tax levied on real or personal property (as by a municipality) compare excise, income tax
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