How do you use Millage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Millage meaning
A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.
Using Millage
- The main meaning on this page is: A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.
- In the example corpus, millage often appears in combinations such as: millage rate, the millage, operating millage.
Context around Millage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Millage
- In this selection, "millage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tax, street, enforcement, rate, rates and question stand out and add context to how "millage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 5 millage rate at and a millage proposed more. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "millage" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with millage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The millage rates are different in the two counties because of different assessment rates. (14 words)
The Van Buren County ambulance millage and user fees each provided 20% of the budget. (15 words)
This is incorrect, as the City made no change to the millage rate of 4.0258. (16 words)
If you were to look at the cost projection over the 30 years, the millage rate is going to stay consistent, so there’s not going to be a huge increase and then a drop. (35 words)
With slight growth in the tax digest, City of Kingsland staff presented a budget to council in late August that keeps the millage rate at 8 mills for the fiscal year 2021 budget. (33 words)
If these expenses are moved out from under the millage rate cap, it will provide the city the opportunity to continue to provide high-quality basic services to our homes and businesses. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The first public hearing, at which the council is expected to adopt the tentative budget and millage rate, is Sept. 14.
The millage rates are different in the two counties because of different assessment rates.
To figure out the tax payment, property owners must divide their assessed value by 1,000 and multiply it by the millage rate.
If these expenses are moved out from under the millage rate cap, it will provide the city the opportunity to continue to provide high-quality basic services to our homes and businesses.
Nonresidents would also receive a payment based on the assessed value of their property multiplied by the Allen Township tax millage.
The sewer upgrades are tied to broader street reconstruction efforts, which will be financed in part by a voter-approved street millage.
This is incorrect, as the City made no change to the millage rate of 4.0258.
If you were to look at the cost projection over the 30 years, the millage rate is going to stay consistent, so there’s not going to be a huge increase and then a drop.
Last week, the Finance & Personnel Committee discussed a request from Prosecutor Andrea Krause regarding possibly using funds from the law enforcement millage for budget requests in the prosecutor’s office.
The district failed twice, in 2017 and 2020, to get voters to extend its millage, at least partially in protest of continued state control.
The township’s millage question is a renewal of an existing tax, needed to pay for firefighters and firefighter/paramedics, Morin and the police chief have said.
They said the Boko Haram would be targeting people like us so that the fight would give them more boost and millage.
With slight growth in the tax digest, City of Kingsland staff presented a budget to council in late August that keeps the millage rate at 8 mills for the fiscal year 2021 budget.
Also Tuesday, a Crystal Township fire millage was approved by voters with 342 “yes” votes to 113 “no” votes.
The Barrow County Board of Education unanimously voted to maintain the 18.5 millage rate at its meeting Tuesday night.
The City Council will hold a special meeting, final millage and budget hearing, on Thursday, September 26, at 5:05 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers.
The library board made a similar request, which was approved by City Council members, in July 2018, prior to the millage on the November 2018 ballot, according to City Manager Jason Eppler.
The Van Buren County ambulance millage and user fees each provided 20% of the budget.
A millage proposed more than a decade ago could have funded construction of new, major roadways across the parish.
And, if the taxable values in Cedar Springs go up, the millage rate will go down.
Common combinations with millage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: