head tax

noun

1. a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.

Example Sentences

Their wish was granted in 1882 when the national government passed a federal immigration head tax.

From Washington Post

At the moment they're slugging it out to see which one gets to levy a head tax on the juke boxes in this section.

From Project Gutenberg

It increased the head tax to four dollars and provided rigid scrutiny over the transportation companies.

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For by a crafty stroke, he managed to obtain a position of great trust, that of head tax-gatherer of Cœlesyria and Phœnicia.

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And the head tax-collector's widow had never heard of them before, or taken time to consider the question.

From Project Gutenberg

The German Government, I ought to explain, exact 129what is called a head tax of six shillings a year from each native.

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