Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tax rate on property, expressed in mills per dollar of value of the property.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Rate (as of taxation) reckoned in mills per dollar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.
Etymologies
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Examples
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What does it matter if you're paying a few extra bucks in millage, when your assessment value remains at 1980's levels?
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You could set up a system in which your millage is recorded once a year on the car (s) registered in your name.
Sound Politics: "Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" 2006
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This lists inside millage, which is tied to property values, but it does not include voted millage, which is set as a fixed dollar amount.
unknown title 2009
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Renee Kaufman, of the Fix Our Roads Committee, acknowledged the main argument against the millage is the poor economy.
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The millage is the last barrier between a new rapid-transit bus system and the West Michigan pavement.
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Buildings on Pine Creek still would be assessed and the township's fire millage, which is subject to change annually, would be applied to the taxable value.
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My husband wants to know what kind of millage it gets.
Sunday Sweets: You "Auto" Watch Jen 2008
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City officials did not realize bond commission approval was necessary because the amendments did not concern monetary issues such as millage rates, Reeves said.
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"Many (community colleges) have successfully won bond referenda and millage increases, even in tough economic times."
Will Tea Party groups threaten community college funding? 2010
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Though millage rates may be changed, the assessed value a house with a homestead exemption can be increased by is fixed.
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