carbon tax
carbon tax noun: a tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Noun
carbon tax (plural carbon taxes)
- A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
- Swedish politicians push for imposition of a punitive carbon tax to turn back a global climate warming that has not even been detected, even as a major political party vows to close down Sweden's nuclear power plants.1995 November 1, S. Fred Singer, “Ozone Politics with a Nobel Imprimatur”, in Washington Times
carbon tax meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese
carbon tax in Tamil
- கரிம வரி
carbon tax in Vietnamese
- tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
- thuế cacbon, thuế carbon
Forms of carbon tax
| plural | carbon taxes |
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Questions about carbon tax
- What does carbon tax mean?
- Carbon tax means a tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
- What is carbon tax in Tamil?
- Carbon tax in Tamil is கரிம வரி. See Carbon tax meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carbon tax?
- Carbon tax is a noun.
- What is the plural of carbon tax?
- The plural of carbon tax is carbon taxes.
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