Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roof tax

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: roof -tax
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tax based on house prices, proposed as an alternative to the poll tax in the 1990s.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

roof taxes (plural)

Questions

What does roof tax mean?: A tax based on house prices, proposed as an alternative to the poll tax in the 1990s.

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