Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tax rate on property, expressed in mills per dollar of value of the property.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Rate (as of taxation) reckoned in mills per dollar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

mill (“one thousandth part”) +‎ -age.

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Examples

  • What does it matter if you're paying a few extra bucks in millage, when your assessment value remains at 1980's levels?

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • You could set up a system in which your millage is recorded once a year on the car (s) registered in your name.

    Sound Politics: "Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" 2006

  • This lists inside millage, which is tied to property values, but it does not include voted millage, which is set as a fixed dollar amount.

    unknown title 2009

  • Renee Kaufman, of the Fix Our Roads Committee, acknowledged the main argument against the millage is the poor economy.

    unknown title 2009

  • The millage is the last barrier between a new rapid-transit bus system and the West Michigan pavement.

    unknown title 2009

  • Buildings on Pine Creek still would be assessed and the township's fire millage, which is subject to change annually, would be applied to the taxable value.

    battlecreekenquirer.com - 2008

  • My husband wants to know what kind of millage it gets.

    Sunday Sweets: You "Auto" Watch Jen 2008

  • City officials did not realize bond commission approval was necessary because the amendments did not concern monetary issues such as millage rates, Reeves said.

    New Orleans Saints Central 2009

  • "Many (community colleges) have successfully won bond referenda and millage increases, even in tough economic times."

    Will Tea Party groups threaten community college funding? 2010

  • Though millage rates may be changed, the assessed value a house with a homestead exemption can be increased by is fixed.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13 2010

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