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Poll tax

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
  2. 2
    a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote wordnet
  3. 3
    A tax that must be paid in order to vote. US

Etymology

From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”) for “tax required to vote”.

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