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pied-à-terre

[pee-ey-duh-tair, -dah-, pyey-] / piˌeɪ dəˈtɛər, -dɑ-, ˌpyeɪ- /




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The sister act also owned a pied-à-terre in Manhattan.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Griffin has criticized Mamdani for singling him out as a prime target for the pied-à-terre tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Still, Hochul expects that the pied-à-terre tax would raise $500 million even with fewer homes taxed, her office said, which is the same figure she estimated initially.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The governor’s office expected that the pied-à-terre tax would produce $500 million, pennies compared with the estimated revenue of Mamdani’s previous proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He liked to point out to his friends that he rented a palatial mansion for what a pied-à-terre in Mayfair would have cost him.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine




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