uniform business rate

noun [C] TAX, GOVERNMENT

Definition

› in the UK, a local tax on buildings that are used for business or industrial purposes, which is calculated in the same way all over the country: Increases in the uniform business rates are linked to the inflation rate.

(Definition of uniform business rate noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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