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Meaning of "community charge" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGE

community charge


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY CHARGE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Community charge is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COMMUNITY CHARGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Community Charge

The Community Charge was a system of taxation introduced in replacement of the rates to partly fund local government in Scotland from 1989, and England and Wales from 1990. It provided for a single flat-rate per-capita tax on every adult, at a rate set by the local authority. The Community Charge poll tax was replaced by Council Tax in 1993, two years after its abolition was announced.

Definition of community charge in the English dictionary

The definition of community charge in the dictionary is a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates Also called: poll tax.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMUNITY CHARGE

community action · community antenna distribution · community antenna television · community association · community card · community care · community care programme · community centre · community chest · community college · community correctional center · community council · community education · community health centre · community home · community home with education on the premises · community hospital · community language · community leader · community life

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMUNITY CHARGE

by and large · call-out charge · charge · corona discharge · delivery charge · depth charge · discharge · electric discharge · fixed charge · free of charge · glow discharge · in charge · negative charge · overcharge · precharge · recharge · reverse-charge · service charge · supercharge · surcharge · turbo-charge

Synonyms and antonyms of community charge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «community charge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGE

Find out the translation of community charge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of community charge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «community charge» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

社区负责
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

gastos de comunidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

community charge
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

समुदाय आरोप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تهمة المجتمع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сообщество заряд
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

carga comunidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সম্প্রদায় চার্জ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

charge de la communauté
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Caj komuniti
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Community Ladung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

コミュニティ料
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

커뮤니티 충전
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Masyarakat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phụ trách cộng đồng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சமூகம் கட்டணம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

समुदाय शुल्क
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Topluluk ücreti
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

carica comunità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Opłata społeczność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

співтовариство заряд
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

taxa comunitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινότητα χρέωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemeenskap beheer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gemenskap laddning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

samfunnet kostnad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of community charge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUNITY CHARGE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about community charge

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUNITY CHARGE»

Discover the use of community charge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to community charge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
British Government: A Reader in Policy Making
This presents over 70 case studies of policy making in Whitehall and Westminster, combining newspaper coverage, official documents, academic analysis and the recollections of participants.
Simon James, 2002
2
The Official History of Privatisation
17 The Community Charge was a Poll Tax by another name. Its introduction was defended by the Government on the grounds that since everyone benefited from local services they should all pay to fund them. The decision to go ahead with ...
David Parker, 2012
3
The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II: Popular ...
17 The Community Charge was a Poll Tax by another name. Its introduction was defended by the Government on the grounds that since everyone benefited from local services they should all pay to fund them. The decision to go ahead with ...
David Parker, 2013
4
Reform Of Local Govt Finance
This reflects the fact that The yiel% of the community charge is meant to be comparable only to the yield of domestic rates, not to the yield of_rates as a whole. Thus a standard community charge, say C, would on its own produce a much lower ...
Ronan Paddison, S. J. Bailey, 2013
5
Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice (EPub)
The community charge was a poll tax, levied on all adults (over 18 years) in each household. Community charge rebates were available to poorer adults, including students, but all adults were required to pay a minimum of 20 percent of the ...
Mrs. Teresa Ter-Minassian, 1997
6
Spatial Policy in a Divided Nation
This was the community charge system, introduced in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales a year later. Nationally, this system raises the money for local spending in three ways, although the proportions vary between authorities: 50 ...
Richard T. Harrison, Mark Hart, 2002
7
International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment ...
(2000) Institution 4.0 Charge 49 8.2 2.12 - - - - Saum (2007) Community - Charge 175 35.4 .85 - - - - Song & Lieb (1994) Both 4.6 Charge 590 7.3 .40 13.0 .43 26.1 .47 Stalans et al. (2002) Community 4.5 Charge 478 17.4 .31 23.8 .42 43.1 .32 ...
Douglas P. Boer, Dr Reinhard Eher, Leam A. Craig, 2011
8
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law
Benham v United Kingdom (1996) 22 EHRR 293, ECtHR On 1 April 1990 Mr Benham became liable to pay a community charge of£325. Since he did not pay it, on 21 August 1990 the Poole Magistrates' Court ordered the issue of a liability  ...
Janet Dine, James Gobert, William Wilson, 2010
9
ThirdWay
Good news: this year's rates bill will be the last one you have to pay. Bad news: next year, you will get a community charge bill - indeed, if you live in Scotland, you will already have had one. Good news: if you're a single person or if you live in ...
10
Britain Under Thatcher
It was at this meeting, after a masterful presentation of the group's ideas by Kenneth Baker, that the 'Community Charge was born' [28 p. 648]. Against her wishes, the Community Charge rapidly became known publicly as the 'poll tax'. The tax ...
Anthony Seldon, Daniel Collings, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUNITY CHARGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term community charge is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Robert Key: Six ways the Government can tackle poverty and work …
To try to prop up the community charge, we spent hundreds of millions of taxpayers' pounds a year on poll tax relief. Then hundreds of millions ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
2
LETTER: In it together
Unlike a company which has shareholders who can choose whether to buy or sell shares, we, as community charge payers, are legally ... «Littlehampton Gazette, Jun 15»
3
King of the Castle
Most notably Castle, 51, who turned professional in 1986, was British number one in 1990 when the furore over the ill-fated community charge ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
4
Andrew Castle: 'My life's so enjoyable, I want to live on forever'
Most notably Castle, 51, who turned professional in 1986, was British number one in 1990 when the furore over the ill-fated community charge ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
John Whittingdale interview: I am not going to war with the BBC
There is no assistance available – which actually under the Community Charge there was. It takes no account of people's income or wealth. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
Hume Park elementary to close for good
Binns is the parent that led the successful community charge to convince the board of education to keep the school open in 2009. "It's very, very sad and ... «New Westminster News Leader, Jun 15»
7
Poll tax debt write off “encouraging” council tax avoidance
... said the Scottish Government “set a dangerous precedent” because, irrespective of the arguments around the poll tax or community charge, ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
8
Maximise tax revenues
Finally, there are charges, the biggest of these being council tax. Remember, Margaret Thatcher called it the community charge, emphasising it ... «Director magazine, Jun 15»
9
Dear Dave: one IFA tells Cameron how to fix our finances
Currently some households are getting away with ridiculously low rates of community charge. Asset returns remain strong while median income ... «Citywire.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Two Bury firms shut down after leaving hundreds of people out of …
When the council tax — then called the community charge, or poll tax — was introduced in 1990, the Government put all properties in one of ... «Bury Times, Jun 15»
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