real-estate tax

See also: real estate tax

English

Noun

real-estate tax (plural real-estate taxes)

1. Alternative form of real estate tax.
   • 1871 November 29, “Our State Revenue”, in The Missouri Republican, volume XLIX, number 330, St. Louis, Mo.: George Knapp & Co., page [2], column 1:

     In towns and cities a real-estate tax is supposed to be exclusively on landlords, and the owners of houses: but, ultimately, it is a tax on the tenants who rent the houses, for the rate of tax has much to do with the rate of rents. A real-estate tax, therefore, reaches all persons at last; […]

   • 1994 March 30, Donald L[eon] Barlett, James B. Steele, “Millionaires right at home with real-estate tax”, in Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page A9, column 1:

     ALMOST anywhere in the United States, if you own a home you may fairly assume that someone who owns a home of equal value is paying much less in real-estate taxes than you are, and someone else is paying much more.

   • 2014, C[lyde] Norman Shealy, “Lessons Learned as Student, Teacher, and Mentor”, in Living Bliss: Major Discoveries Along the Holistic Path, Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:

     My biggest issue was that our real-estate taxes increased by 600 percent between 1975 and 1980.