special assessment

noun

a tax levied by a local government on private property to pay the cost of local public improvements, as sidewalk construction or sewage disposal, that are of general benefit to the property taxed.

special assessment

(in the US) a special charge levied on property owners by a county or municipality to help pay the costs of a civic improvement that increases the value of their property

First recorded in 1870–75

Finally, I will impose the mandatory special assessment of $1,100, $100 for each count.

The American Federation of Labor levied a special assessment on all its members in aid of the strikers.

Recently the special assessment method has come into limited use in financing rural highway improvements.

If a special assessment were levied and confirmed, what would your duty be to secure the erecting and lighting of the lamps?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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