millage
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪdʒ/
- Specialized
- Homeowners were notified that the millage for their properties would increase due to recent budget adjustments.
- millage rate
- voter-approved millage
- approve additional millage
Examples
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Thus, taxpayers in most of Michigan's school districts are witnessing a considerable reduction in property tax millage rates for school operations.
Academic text (1994) -
The same millage will bring in $1.9 million less from the county.
Blog text (24) -
Or we could pass an additional millage for our own use.
Blog text (18) -
Local districts also continue to levy property tax millage.
Academic text (1994) -
One major item that was not discussed was the public art millage that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Blog text (7) -
As we have outlined earlier, most townships have a very low operating millage rate by design.
Blog text (18) -
The community, in turn, supports the college through a voter-approved millage and donations to the college's foundation.
Academic text (2009) -
All three county commissioners voted not to raise the millage for the children's services levy.
Blog text (24) -
Property tax millage would rise from the current 3.965 to 4.163 mills.
Blog text (5) -
The local government announced a new millage rate to fund community projects, charging $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
Surface Forms
Morphology
millage = mill (opaque) = mill + age
The word is formally built from 'mill' + '-age', but the tax-specific unit 'mill' is specialized and not readily recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
The word millage comes from mill, a tiny money unit that meant 'one-thousandth', like the milli- in millimeter. So millage is the tax rate shown as the amount 'per thousand dollars' of property value.