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millage

millage noun: a tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.

Noun

millage (countable and uncountable, plural millages)

  1. A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.
    • Charter townships are able to levy millage on the residents without a vote of the people.
    • In another victory for the DIA [Detroit Institute of Arts], the state legislature rejected a bill yesterday that would have prevented the museum from seeking renewal of an innovative property tax that supports its operations. The millage, which was approved by voters in 2012, is expected to...2014 June 4, Julia Halperin, “A victory for Detroit Institute of Arts: But the battle with creditors over the museum's art collection carries on”, in The Art Newspaper, archived from the original on...

Proper noun capitalized: Millage

Millage (plural Millages)

  1. A surname.

Forms of millage

Noun
pluralmillages
alternative formmill rate
Proper noun
pluralMillages

Origin of millage

From mill (“one thousandth part”) + -age.

Words formed from millage

Phrases with millage

Questions about millage

What does millage mean?
Millage means a tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.
What part of speech is millage?
Millage can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of millage?
The plural of millage is millages.

Words near millage in the dictionary

  1. mill-wand
  2. mill-wands
  3. milla
  4. millability
  5. millable
  6. millage
  7. millage tax
  8. millage taxes
  9. millages
  10. millah
  11. Millah Murrah

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