property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, voters living around Aspen approved sales and property tax increases to specifically fund wildfire reduction. — Jeff Todd, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

In DeKalb, data center revenue has allowed the city to substantially reduce its effective property tax rate. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Villalobos also mentioned the upcoming November referendum going before Miami-Dade residents to keep a property tax for schools. — Austin Horn september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Hertzog also noted that the district’s rollback is currently the largest in the state of Missouri, meaning that of every school district statewide, Lee’s Summit has taken the largest voluntary cut on property tax revenue up until this point. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 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