Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A duty or toll paid for carts, etc., passing over certain ground.

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Examples

  • There were additional provisions in the bill that included the gas tax increase, such as an optional 1/4 sales tax for public transit, which 5 of the 7 metro counties adopted without referendum, I might add, and also the option for counties to impose “wheelage” charges, essentially a per-vehicle tax on vehicle ownership.

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  • Hennepin County won't be imposing a wheelage tax on vehicle owners to help pay for the Lowry Avenue Bridge in northeast Minneapolis.

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  • Five other metro-area counties have wheelage taxes.

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  • McLaughlin argued that the wheelage tax was a way to ease the property tax burden with a user-based fee that's tied to transportation.

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  • Those three projects will be funded with a blend of funds from the county levy, wheelage tax and state aid funds derived from the gasoline tax.

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