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window tax
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window tax
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(Historical Terms) History a tax on windows in houses levied between 1696 and 1851
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At the start of the 18th century, Britain, a country on the brink of world leadership in many branches of science, persisted in using estimates reached by counting the revenues from hearth and window taxes, or from inadequate parish registers and the figures for the consumption of bread.
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