poll tax
poll tax · poll taxes
Kopfsteuer, Gemeindesteuer
A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individualA tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
Meaning
2 sensesA tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
Kopfsteuer, Gemeindesteuer
a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
(US)A tax that must be paid in order to vote.
Translations
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By meaning 1
uniform tax per individual:
Origin
From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”) for “tax required to vote”.
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