poll tax

noun

A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.

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Meanings

nounpoll tax (plural poll taxes)

plural poll taxes · alternative poll-tax

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
capitationhead moneyhead tax
Also see
capitationhead tax

Origin

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

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Translations

Bulgarian поголовен данък
  • поголовен данък (pogoloven danăk)uniform tax per individual
Catalan capitació
  • capitacióuniform tax per individual
Chinese Mandarin 人頭稅 /人头税
  • 人頭稅 /人头税 (réntóushuì)uniform tax per individual
Danish kopskat
  • kopskatuniform tax per individual
Dutch personele belasting
  • personele belastinguniform tax per individual
Finnish henkiraha, henkivero
  • henkirahauniform tax per individual
  • henkiverouniform tax per individual
French capitation
  • capitationuniform tax per individual
German Kopfsteuer, Gemeindesteuer
  • Kopfsteueruniform tax per individual
  • Gemeindesteueruniform tax per individual
Greek χαράτσι
  • χαράτσι (charátsi)uniform tax per individual
Hebrew מַס גָּלְגֹּלֶת
  • מַס גָּלְגֹּלֶת (mas golgólet)uniform tax per individual
Hungarian fejadó
  • fejadóuniform tax per individual
Irish ceannairgead
  • ceannairgeaduniform tax per individual
Italian capitazione
  • capitazioneuniform tax per individual
Polish podatek pogłówny
  • podatek pogłównyuniform tax per individual
Portuguese capitação
  • capitaçãouniform tax per individual
Spanish impuesto de capitación, impuesto electoral
  • impuesto de capitaciónuniform tax per individual
  • impuesto electoraluniform tax per individual
  • capitaciónuniform tax per individual
Tamil தலைவரி, ஆள்வரி
  • தலைவரி (talaivari)uniform tax per individual
  • ஆள்வரி (āḷvari)uniform tax per individual
Vietnamese sưu
  • sưuuniform tax per individual
Cite this entry
APA

poll tax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poll%20tax

MLA

“poll tax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poll%20tax. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poll tax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poll%20tax.

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