millage

noun

mill·​age ˈmi-lij How to pronounce millage (audio)
: a rate (as of taxation) expressed in mills per dollar

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The State of Florida defines an annual increase or decrease in the millage rate by using the Rollback Rate. Dan Herz, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025 Home values have increased rapidly, but rates can't go down if that will cause a school district's millage rate to go below 20 mills, which means taxes increase. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2024 Farmington saw a millage increase in 2006, Faught said. Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025 The bill would allow Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties to place millage proposals on their ballots. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for millage 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of millage was in 1891

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“Millage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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