community charge
1community charge — noun A tax replacing the rating system, itself replaced by the council tax, levied to pay for local government services and facilities, poll tax • • • Main Entry: ↑community …
2Community Charge — A leaflet explaining the charge, Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, popularly known as the poll tax , was a system of taxation introduced in replacement of the rates to part fund local government in Scotland from… …
3community charge — A deeply unpopular form of local government taxation introduced by the Thatcher Government in 1990, levied on adults rather than on a property basis. It was replaced by the council tax in 1993. community law The body of law developed in the… …
4community charge — noun (in the UK) a tax levied locally on every adult in a community, replaced in 1993 by the council tax; the poll tax …
5community charge — (also infml the poll tax) n [sing] (in Britain) a local tax introduced by the Conservative government in 1990 to replace the rates. It was very unpopular because poor people had to pay the same as rich people. There were serious protests, and… …
6(the) community charge — the community charge [the community charge] (also infml the poll tax) noun [sing] …
7community — n. (pl. ies) 1 a all the people living in a specific locality. b a specific locality, including its inhabitants. 2 a body of people having a religion, a profession, etc., in common (the immigrant community). 3 fellowship of interests etc.;… …
8Community Action Party — Leader Peter Franzen Chairman Bill Burrows …
9Community bicycle program — Community bicycle programs (also known as Yellow bicycle programs, White bicycle programs, bike sharing, public bike or free bike) are one element of an international movement to build environmentally friendly transportation.Community programs… …
10Charge (TV series) — Charge Format Youth Starring Luke Toyne (Series 1 3) James Pyke (Series 1 4) Lady Lykez (Series 1) (Abi Griffiths (Series 3 4) Leah Charles (Series 3 4) Veena V (Series 3 4) Country of origin UK …
