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carbon taxes

carbon taxes is the plural of carbon tax.

Meaning of carbon tax

Noun

carbon tax (plural carbon taxes)

  1. 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

Questions about carbon taxes

What is carbon taxes the plural of?
Carbon taxes is the plural of carbon tax.

Words near carbon taxes in the dictionary

  1. carbon subnitride
  2. carbon suboxide
  3. carbon tablet
  4. carbon tablets
  5. carbon tax
  6. carbon taxes
  7. carbon tet
  8. carbon tetrabromide
  9. carbon tetrachloride
  10. carbon tetrafluoride
  11. carbon tetraiodide

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