property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

Examples of property tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The data center will still pay traditional property tax, as well as the business personal property tax to other taxing entities. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

That budget will include any incoming property tax increases for the year ahead. — Sofi Zeman august 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

The project also has significant public financing, including $5 million in state and local grants, a $10 million, low-cost loan from the Capital Region Development Authority and property tax breaks from the city. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

The lawsuit takes issue with the city’s publishing of a property tax roll with nearly 1 million properties — some of which, the Department of Finance noted, could be subject to the tax. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 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