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INLAND REVENUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Inland Revenue mean?
• INLAND REVENUE (noun)
The noun INLAND REVENUE has 1 sense:
1. a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
Familiarity information: INLAND REVENUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Inland Revenue; IR
Hypernyms ("Inland Revenue" is a kind of...):
administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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