英语词汇“window tax”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

window tax

/ˈwɪndəʊtaks

noun British historical

A tax on windows or similar openings, abolished in 1851.After all, it has its origins in the 17th and 18th centuries, when government sought to broaden the tax base through exotic levies such as the hearth tax and the window tax....

In 1697 a window tax was imposed on houses worth more than £5 per annum which had more than six windows, the tax being enacted to pay for the recoinage of silver.
I was once told that the mill was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, and windows were walled up to avoid the window tax of 1696.

单词	window tax
释义	window tax /ˈwɪndəʊtaks / noun British historical A tax on windows or similar openings, abolished in 1851.After all, it has its origins in the 17th and 18th centuries, when government sought to broaden the tax base through exotic levies such as the hearth tax and the window tax.... In 1697 a window tax was imposed on houses worth more than £5 per annum which had more than six windows, the tax being enacted to pay for the recoinage of silver. I was once told that the mill was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, and windows were walled up to avoid the window tax of 1696.
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