property tax

noun

: a tax levied on real or personal property

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Gillette supports limited government and lower taxes, voting to lower the city’s property tax mill levy three years in a row, according to his campaign site. Pj Green october 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025 And over the next several years, Berry saw property tax rates drop. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025 For homeowners in the county, that would come on top of property tax levies that are based on assessed value. Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025 This proposes altering the state constitution to increase the property tax exemption for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value. James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for property tax

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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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 22 Oct. 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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