property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

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It’s already made a number of investments, including spending $15 million to eliminate property tax debt held by 20,000 low-income homeowners in Detroit and a $10 million, three-year investment to support local startup founders. Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 If some of that revenue were used for property tax relief … Detroit would still be a high property tax city. Malachi Barrett, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025 According to the Wisconsin Lottery, the value of unclaimed prizes is credited to the Wisconsin Lottery property tax relief fund. Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Unlike proposals before it, though, the annual payments of more than $400,000 would be funded entirely through the school district’s capital outlay budget, meaning construction wouldn’t require a property tax hike. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of property tax was in 1808

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“Property tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20tax. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Legal Definition

property tax

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

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