poll tax

Meaning

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

Synonyms

head tax

capitation

capitation tax

tax per head

head money

head-money

community charge

Translations

Kopfsteuer

capitation

capitación

impuesto de capitación

capitação

Gemeindesteuer

testatico

capitagium

impôt personnel

κεφαλικός φόρος

personele belasting

poll tax

capitació

impuesto electoral

Capitation

Etymology

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