UNEARNED INCREMENT Definition & Meaning

unearned increment

noun

the increase in the value of property, especially land, due to natural causes, as growth of population, rather than to any labor or expenditure by the owner.

unearned increment

noun

a rise in the market value of landed property resulting from general economic factors

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of unearned increment¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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Taxes would go to the Chinese state, the land rent system would be corrected, and unearned increment would be confiscated under a somewhat novel tax scheme proposed by Sun Yat-sen.

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An 'unearned increment,' such as would satisfy the most glowing dreams of the most ardent speculator, has occurred in the capital.

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Her income and creditor classes are daily in receipt of an unearned increment to their wealth by reason of that demonetization.

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In the general scramble for "unearned increments," property holders who are exempt from the payment of taxes are given an overwhelming advantage.

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No more exciting corners or supposititious heaping up of unearned increments for me.

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