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TAX LIEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("tax lien" is a kind of...):
lien (the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tax lien"):
federal tax lien (lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable)
state tax lien (a lien on the property of a taxpayer that the tax collector can use upon default of payment of taxes)
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