window tax

As little light as possible was admitted into the house in order to save the window-tax.

The strong light and heat of the sun has the effect of a window-tax in limiting the size and number of the windows.

They include the land tax,19 the personal and habitation tax (contribution personnelle-mobilire), and door and window tax.

By the withdrawal of the window tax in 1851 obvious and necessary advantages were gained in the building of houses.

The window-tax was originally a device of the statesmen of the Revolution for making good the deficiency of the clipped money.