property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cohen touts her work supporting Assembly Bill 2353, which was signed into law in 2024 and helps nonprofit affordable housing developers avoid making unnecessary property tax payments. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Settlement details Under the settlement, residents will be reimbursed a series of credits on their property tax bills over the next three years. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

North Carolina voters will decide the fate of a constitutional amendment that would give the General Assembly the power to limit local property tax increases on the ballot this November. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

The bill may also come due if the homeowner fails to make timely insurance and property tax payments or stops maintaining the property. — Liz Knueven,kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 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