Single Tax
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The doctrine that land rent alone should be subject to taxation, propounded by Henry George in Progress and Poverty (1879).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Single Tax” mean?
The doctrine that land rent alone should be subject to taxation, propounded by Henry George in Progress and Poverty (1879).
Is “Single Tax” formal or informal?
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