单词 | self-taxation |
释义 | > as lemmasself-taxation self-taxation n. Brit. , U.S. taxation imposed by a colony, community, business, etc., itself, as opposed to by its ruler or government.ΚΠ 1768 Public Advertiser 16 Nov. Mistaking the Expediency of Self-Taxation for a right to reject a Parliamentary one. 1841 H. Merivale Lect. Colonization & Colonies I. iv. 101 The only ambition of the state was to regulate the trade of its colonies... They had a right to self-government and self-taxation. 1946 Indian Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 7 431 The ‘right of voluntary self-taxation’ was enjoyed by the minority communities in Latvia and Greece before the war. 2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 30 Nov. a8 Right here in Toronto, we give business improvement area organizations actual powers of self-taxation. < as lemmas |
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