property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Declining commercial and apartment values are shifting more property tax burden to homeowners this year, according to Ramsey County’s tax office, with properties in Frogtown, Payne-Phalen, the North End and the West Side likely to see some of the largest percentage increases. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2025

Eight plans to offer property tax relief in Florida have taken a step forward in the state legislature. —Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025

Gjeltema turned to a program enacted under a California state law, the Mills Act that could give her home a reduction in property tax in exchange for a contractual commitment to do work to preserve the property. —Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Nov. 2025

Mecklenburg County property tax records still list Thompson as the owner, as transactions can take weeks to appear in the county’s database of property listings. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for property tax

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

Legal Definition

property tax

noun

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