Definition of Poll tax

1. Noun. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote.

Generic synonyms: Capitation

Definition of Poll tax

1. Noun. A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) A tax required in order to vote. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poll Tax

polkaing
polkalike
polkanovite
polkas
polked
polking
polkissen of Zimmermann
polkovicite
polks
poll
poll book
poll books
poll evil
poll parrot
poll taker
poll tax (current term)
pollack
pollacks
pollage
pollages
pollakidipsia
pollakiuria
pollakiurias
pollam
pollams
pollan
pollans
pollard
pollarded
pollarding

Literary usage of Poll tax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"protection that the proceeds of the poll tax should be applied to the purposes of education and the support of the poor. Tho question now presented, ..."

2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"In Maryland the levying of the poll tax began early in its history, ... During this period we find the poll tax intimately connected with many of the most ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"The Commons took these three proposals into consideration, and finally chose the poll tax as the least objectionable of the three. It seems certain that the ..."

4. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"Persons liable to poll tax. 3840. poll taxes collected by Assessor, when. 3841. County Treasurer to have blank poll tax receipts printed. ..."

5. Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of [European] History by Grace Reade Robinson, James Harvey Robinson (1899)
"[163] There are, however, certain classes of citizens whos>e poll tax is not arbitrarily determined. In the case of those, for example, who are subject to ..."

6. The History of England, from the Accession of Richard II to the Death of by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1906)
"The Commons took these three proposals into consideration, and finally chose the poll tax as the least objectionable of the three. It seems certain that the ..."

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