stamp duty
stamp tax
noun
a tax on legal documents, publications, etc, the payment of which is certified by the attaching or impressing of official stamps
Words nearby stamp duty
stammrel,
stamnos,
stamp,
stamp act,
stamp collecting,
stamp duty,
stamp mill,
stamp out,
stamp tax,
stampede,
stamper
Example sentences from the Web for stamp duty
The stamp-duty of one penny on each newspaper is reckoned to be the third of these taxes on knowledge.
He also proposed to relieve Ireland from the stamp-duty on awards, the loss on which would not exceed 500 a year.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. |E. Farr and E. H. NolanThe other, imposing a stamp-duty on small pamphlets, only placed them on the same footing with newspapers.
The Political History of England - Vol XI |George BrodrickI won't do it through the schoolmaster in Stanz, and the doctor can't do it without the stamp-duty.
The Forest Farm |Peter Rosegger