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nouna tax whose revenue is derived from the sale of stamps that are required to be affixed to certain retail merchandise and legal documents. Origin of stamp taxFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby stamp taxstampede, stamper, stamping ground, stamp mill, stamp out, stamp tax, stan, stance, stanch, stanchion, stanchless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stamp taxThe stamp-tax remained uncollected and was treated by the colonists as if it were not in existence. True to the Old Flag|G. A. Henty He decreed a stamp-tax, and the equal distribution of the land-tax. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane A Congress, composed of deputies from each State, met, and it was unanimously resolved that the stamp-tax should not be paid. True to the Old Flag|G. A. Henty He obliged them to register the two edicts for the impt, territorial, and stamp-tax. The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences|Sarah N. Randolph
And finally and most important, a stamp-tax, the easiest to collect, was laid on business and legal formalities of all kinds. The Siege of Boston|Allen French
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