Dictionary

poll tax en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
2. (US) A tax that must be paid in order to vote.

Forms

Synonyms

head money · head tax · capitation

Translations (24)

da kopskat (uniform tax per individual) · he מַס גָּלְגֹּלֶת (uniform tax per individual) · ca capitació (uniform tax per individual) · el χαράτσι (uniform tax per individual) · bg поголовен данък (uniform tax per individual) · ta ஆள்வரி (uniform tax per individual) · de Gemeindesteuer (uniform tax per individual) · pt capitação (uniform tax per individual) · ta தலைவரி (uniform tax per individual) · fr capitation (uniform tax per individual) · es impuesto electoral (uniform tax per individual) · es impuesto de capitación (uniform tax per individual) · cmn 人頭稅 /人头税 (uniform tax per individual) · fi henkiraha (uniform tax per individual) · nl personele belasting (uniform tax per individual) · de Kopfsteuer (uniform tax per individual) · it capitazione (uniform tax per individual) · ota خراج (uniform tax per individual) · vi sưu (uniform tax per individual) · es capitación (uniform tax per individual) · hu fejadó (uniform tax per individual) · pl podatek pogłówny (uniform tax per individual) · fi henkivero (uniform tax per individual) · ga ceannairgead (uniform tax per individual)