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poll tax

a tax per head, levied on individuals rather than on property: such a tax as a prerequisite for voting is unconstitutional in the U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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