window taxn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) taks/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊ ˌtæks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., tax n.¹

Etymology: < window n. + tax n.¹

A tax calculated on the basis of the number of windows in a house, esp. one imposed in England and Wales in 1696 and abolished in 1851.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > window tax

window yield1347

window-light1655

window tax1696

window money1700

1696 W. Killigrew Proposal sig. D ii With a third part of the Charges the now Excise is Collected, The Customs, according to the old Book of Rates, The Window-Tax, as it now is, The Land-Tax, [etc.].

1728 Kiss my A––– is no Treason 8 They are excused the Charges of House-Rent, House-keeping, and the Window-Tax.

1784 R. B. Sheridan Let. 23 Oct. (1966) I. 162 The Window Tax is certainly becoming every Day more odious.

1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. iv. xi. 147 The window-tax is a duty upon fresh air, sunshine, and health.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill vi. 163 The Vicarage, formerly the Old Hall, was farther along, a Jacobean house with many voided windows, walled up when window-tax was onerous.

2008 Express (Nexis) 19 July 43 On this day in 1851, the much-hated window tax was finally abolished, only to be replaced by an almost equally unpopular house duty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	window tax
释义	window taxn. Brit. /ˈwɪndə(ʊ) taks/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌtæks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., tax n.¹ Etymology: < window n. + tax n.¹ A tax calculated on the basis of the number of windows in a house, esp. one imposed in England and Wales in 1696 and abolished in 1851. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > window tax window yield1347 window-light1655 window tax1696 window money1700 1696 W. Killigrew Proposal sig. D ii With a third part of the Charges the now Excise is Collected, The Customs, according to the old Book of Rates, The Window-Tax, as it now is, The Land-Tax, [etc.]. 1728 Kiss my A––– is no Treason 8 They are excused the Charges of House-Rent, House-keeping, and the Window-Tax. 1784 R. B. Sheridan Let. 23 Oct. (1966) I. 162 The Window Tax is certainly becoming every Day more odious. 1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. iv. xi. 147 The window-tax is a duty upon fresh air, sunshine, and health. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill vi. 163 The Vicarage, formerly the Old Hall, was farther along, a Jacobean house with many voided windows, walled up when window-tax was onerous. 2008 Express (Nexis) 19 July 43 On this day in 1851, the much-hated window tax was finally abolished, only to be replaced by an almost equally unpopular house duty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1696
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