poll tax

Receipt for payment of US poll tax (voting).

Meaning

Noun

  • A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
  • A tax that must be paid in order to vote.

Related

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Origin

  • From sense poll for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll for “tax required to vote”.

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