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GNU Webster's 1913
- n. [Eng.] a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns.
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Open List: There's A Fee For That!
List of fees, tolls, surcharges - stupid, disingenuous, predatory, or otherwise - that are levied by governments, banks, phone companies and businesses against citizens, customers, and consumers.
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gangerh This was a tax introduced once by the British Government. It led to windows being bricked up to avoid liability. You still see many older buildings with bricked-up parts that were obviously once windows. It is the origination of the phrase 'daylight robbery'. True! Jan 29, 2010