property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While property tax politics have changed very little, Hynes will take over an office much transformed compared with when his uncle, former assessor Thomas Hynes, ran it between 1979 and 1997. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Miami-Dade teachers will continue to be paid a salary supplement that helps pad their paychecks after voters on Tuesday approved the renewal of a dedicated property tax. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

The money would help fund education and provide property tax relief. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Still, local officials in some smaller counties have said they will be disproportionately affected by a uniform limit on property tax growth. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for property tax

• anticlimax
• counterattacks
• hemothorax
• mesothorax
• metathorax
• almanacs
• carrybacks
• haversacks
• lumberjacks
• maniacs
• microcracks
• minimax

Legal Definition

property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property (as by a municipality) compare excise, income tax