tax lien

1. 1.

   lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)

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Questions about tax lien

What does tax lien mean?

tax lien means "lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)".

Is tax lien a common word?

tax lien is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.