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(historical) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing Negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
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(law) The fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney.
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(Scotland, law) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.
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A person who provides bail bonds, and takes responsibility for the court appearances of the persons to whom such bonds are issued.
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(law) One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
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To form a friendship or emotional connection.
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(obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes.
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(India) The department concerned with tax on goods manufactured or produced.
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(UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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(historical) A poor person who was entitled to receive some of the money from a church's collection plate.
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A person who is employed to collect payments.
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The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
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Obsolete form of collector. [A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.]
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The chief accountant of a company or government.
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(Britain, taxation) synonym of corporate tax
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(UK politics) An annual payment made to opposition parties in the House of Lords, to help them with their costs.
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(in the singular or uncountable) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
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The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief.
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An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
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financial aid given by developed countries to promote the development of underdeveloped or developing countries.
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(UK, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate.
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(Britain) A person or company that acts in the sale, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.
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Obsolete spelling of exchequer [A treasury.]
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(Britain) The government department that collects and manages revenue.
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An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
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(historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
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One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
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(real estate) A property being sold by the owner, without the aid of a broker.
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Any state treasury or exchequer.
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A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
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(politics, economics) A situation where a number of large spending or taxation bills begin or end simultaneously.
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(law) The area of law pertaining to public finances.
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The idea that taxation should form a central part of a government's economic policy.
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All matters concerning taxation
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(real estate) Acronym of for sale by owner, referring to the property.
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(Britain) A general practitioner who manages his or her own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
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A person who collects rent or taxes.
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(informal, derogatory) A stealth tax that takes money from the elderly.
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A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
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(historical) The decree made by Roman emperors which fixed the property tax for the next fifteen years.
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(psychology) A person who practices injustice collecting.
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(Britain) An unemployed person who needs to prove he/she is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.
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(Britain) A means-tested government benefit available to jobseekers.
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Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
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(chiefly UK) A professional employed to manage an estate; steward or estate manager.
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(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
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The situation where a wealthy party in a legal case avoids having to disclose the extent of his/her assets by arguing that he/she clearly has the ability to make any payment the court might impose.
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Relating to parcels or divisions of land and their ownership.
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(government, idiomatic) The control of finances by one group used as a check on the power of another group.
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(real estate) An agent who acquires land for the purpose of later development.
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(law, public policy) Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc.
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(by extension, archaic) Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
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(US, Canada, Australia) A person or company that acts in the sale, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.
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Referring or relating to real estate.
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(Canada, US) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
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An officer who receives the public revenue; a treasurer.
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(Scotland, law) Legal redress of a wrong.
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The official regulation of the amount that may be charged for rented property.
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(informal) A film worth renting, but not possibly worth visiting a cinema to see.
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(Scotland, law) A mortgager of land.
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(idiomatic, politics) A government-imposed tax on a specific good, service, or activity which is legal but widely considered to be unwholesome or socially harmful, such as a tax on alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or gambling.
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A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.
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(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise.
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An officer who collects stamp duties.
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A lesser or subsidiary collector (person collecting taxes or similar).
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A person who collects taxes.
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One who has the responsibility for collecting taxes.
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One who illegally avoids paying tax (for example, by not declaring income).
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Alternative form of taxman [(sometimes derogatory) A tax collector.]
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(law) In the United States, a person who denies the obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a belief that the government lacks the legal authority to impose taxes.
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Alternative form of tax farming [(finance) The collection of taxes by a private person, authorized by the state in exchange for a cash payment.]
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(informal, derogatory) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes.
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(US, derogatory) Alternative form of tax bite [(US, derogatory) The amount or rate of taxes.]
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(dated) One who collects taxes or revenues; a tax collector.
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(law) An officer of a court of law who examines bills of costs.
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(sometimes derogatory) A tax collector.
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(US, politics) Taxed enough already.
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The practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade.
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A government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.
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A subordinate collector (of taxes or similar).
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(finance) An owner of a beneficial interest ("unit") in a financial entity such as an investment trust.
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A form of social security, whereby all citizens or qualified residents, receive a sum of money on a regular schedule unconditionally.
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Alternative form of Universal Credit [(taxation) A welfare benefit in the United Kingdom, replacing previous benefits and tax credits, gradually rolled out from 2013 and expected to cover the whole country by the end of 2024.]
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(historical) In Ancient Rome, a court settlement; a promise secured by bail.
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(informal, Britain) The embodiment of the VAT taxation department
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(historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.
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