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Definition of Single tax
1. Noun. A system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single Tax
Literary usage of Single tax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"NO ATTEMPT is here made to show whether or not the single tax plan is better than
our present plan of taxation, nor is any attempt made to show whether it ..."
2. Journal of Social Science: Containing the Proceedings of the American by American Social Science Association, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root (1890)
"By the expression " single tax " is meant a tax levied on land exclusive of ...
It is to be presumed that most of the advocates of a single tax ground their ..."
3. Journal of Social Science by American Social Science Association (1890)
"By the expression " single tax" is meant a tax levied on land exclusive of ...
It is to be presumed that most of the advocates of a single tax ground their ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"We farmers have a prejudice against the single tax fellow because we think it
would compel the farmer to pay all of the cost of government, but, ..."