SINGLE TAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does single tax mean? 

• SINGLE TAX (noun)
  The noun SINGLE TAX has 1 sense:

1. a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land)

  Familiarity information: SINGLE TAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINGLE TAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("single tax" is a kind of...):

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)

 Context examples 

For the first time he heard of socialism, anarchism, and single tax, and learned that there were warring social philosophies.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)