"roof tax" meaning in All languages combined

See roof tax on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: roof taxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roof tax (plural roof taxes)
  1. (UK) A tax based on house prices, proposed as an alternative to the poll tax in the 1990s. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-roof_tax-en-noun-4qA61PMq Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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