How to Use millage in a Sentence

millage

noun
Definition of millagenext
  • That means the total millage rate for living in the city is 15.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 20 July 2023
  • Thus a levy on the ballot is needed; the questions are when and how much the millage should be.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 22 May 2020
  • Without the money from the millage, Cantrell said the city would not have the money for the program next year.
    — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • To receive the state funding, voters must agree to the millage.
    — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The other is to renew the city’s library millage for six years.
    — Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2021
  • If this millage does not pass, the library will likely close.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Reedy Creek issued bonds to pay for the construction and levies a millage on the district to pay off the debt service.
    — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The county would receive roughly $42.8 billion from the change if the millage rate remains the same.
    — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • Brudno said this bond millage fluctuates from year to year and is based on what the district needs to pay its debt.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But if the proposal fails, the property tax millage would drop from 9 mills to 6 mills as the other debt is paid off.
    — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Therefore, the millage on the levy renewal continues to change while still bringing in the same amount.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The millage for the district’s bond retirement has been reduced from 4.3 mills to 4.2 mills, Brudno said.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The new millage would bring in roughly $15.4 million more a year, city officials said.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The library system in Bentonville doesn't have its own millage but depends on the city budget.
    — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The special election for the millage increase equates to the library re-joining the 21st century, Gates added.
    — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Enough has pointed to Craighead County having one of the highest county millage rates in the state.
    — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2022
  • So, in this election, the results of the millage question will change nothing, regardless of what the vote outcome is.
    — Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2021
  • The board is also nine years behind on audits of millage spending.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Upon a vote of its citizens, cities can utilize it to levy millages.
    — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Some said the zoo’s change of heart would drive them to oppose the next renewal of Macomb’s countywide zoo millage.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The city’s millage rate was one of three topics scheduled to be discussed at Monday night’s meeting.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2019
  • To make up the shortfall, the board voted to increase its millage rate while also cutting its workforce.
    — Anthony McAuley | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • If the millage is approved in December, the revenue collected in the first year would be more than $9 million.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The most dramatic changes would impact the library millage.
    — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • So, due to inflation over the years, the effective rate of the existing levies has dropped to .88 mills - about half the millage approved by voters decades ago.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • The library also receives a .922 millage rate from city taxes.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2021
  • With the apparent renewal, the millage will be in place for another decade.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2020
  • In Jamestown, that millage accounted for 84 percent of the library’s budget.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The assessment is multiplied by the millage rate to determine the taxes owed.
    — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Hackel and Wickersham decided not to ask voters in August 2020 to vote on a new countywide millage to fund a new lockup.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024

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