"poll tax" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: poll taxes [plural]
Etymology: From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”) for “tax required to vote”. Head templates: {{en-noun}} poll tax (plural poll taxes)
  1. A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual. Categories (topical): Taxation Translations (uniform tax per individual): поголовен данък (pogoloven danǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), capitació [feminine] (Catalan), 人頭稅 (Chinese Mandarin), 人头税 (réntóushuì) (Chinese Mandarin), kopskat [common-gender, historical] (Danish), personele belasting (Dutch), henkiraha (Finnish), henkivero (Finnish), capitation [feminine] (French), Kopfsteuer [feminine] (German), Gemeindesteuer [feminine] (German), χαράτσι (charátsi) [neuter] (Greek), fejadó (Hungarian), ceannairgead [masculine] (Irish), capitazione [feminine] (Italian), خراج (harac) (Ottoman Turkish), podatek pogłówny [masculine] (Polish), capitação [feminine] (Portuguese), impuesto de capitación (Spanish), impuesto electoral (Spanish), capitación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-poll_tax-en-noun-rHScXV~K Disambiguation of Taxation: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tamil translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'uniform tax per individual': 88 12
  2. (US) A tax that must be paid in order to vote. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-poll_tax-en-noun-0uh2uQ7m Categories (other): American English, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poll-tax, capitation, head money, head tax

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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