stamp duty

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stamp duty (countable and uncountable, plural stamp duties)

  1. (economics) A tax levied upon certain documents, a stamp being applied to show that tax has been paid.
  2. (UK) Ellipsis of stamp duty land tax, a tax on land transactions in England and Northern Ireland.

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