STAMP DUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp duty mean? 

• STAMP DUTY (noun)
  The noun STAMP DUTY has 1 sense:

1. a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)

  Familiarity information: STAMP DUTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAMP DUTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

stamp duty; stamp tax

Hypernyms ("stamp duty" is a kind of...):

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)