COUNCIL TAX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("council tax" is a kind of...):

land tax; property tax (a capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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