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COUNCIL TAX
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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)