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Meaning of chimney-money | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A tax formerly paid on all chimneys in England.

uncountable

Examples

“17 May 1664 House of Lords Journal, Vol II 1660-1666, pp 619-626. "In the next Place, we reviewed the Act for Chimney-money, which we intended a great Branch of Your Majesty's Revenue, although by some Mistakes it is fallen short: And, in Hopes Your Majesty may improve that Receipt, we have prepared a Bill for the collecting that Duty by such Officers as Your Majesty and Your Successors shall from Time to Time think fit to appoint." - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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