property tax

a tax levied on real or personal property.

Origin of property tax

First recorded in 1800–10

She opposed a property-tax freeze for seniors and pushed public-safety unions to reduce pension packages.

When Wendy Davis Was a Republican |Michelle Cottle |January 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Records also show that Castro had fallen behind in his property-tax payments beginning in 2010.

How Could Alleged Kidnapper Ariel Castro Be Allowed to Drive a School Bus? |Steve Miller |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He repealed the Ballance land-tax in 1879, and substituted a property-tax.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 |Various
To replace them he devised an astounding combination of an income-tax and property-tax.

The Long White Cloud |William Pember Reeves

But ministers were induced to propose the continuance of the property-tax for a further period.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. |E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The agent for several landlords assures me he could not from his receipts pay the property-tax, but no distraints are made.

Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine |Edwin Waugh
It can levy direct taxes, such as an income-tax and a property-tax; it hitherto has not done so, but now must do so.

North America, Volume II (of 2) |Anthony Trollope