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nuisance tax

nuisance tax noun: a tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority; a sales tax.

Noun

nuisance tax (plural nuisance taxes)

  1. (derogatory) A tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority; a sales tax.
    Synonyms:
    sales tax

Synonyms of nuisance tax

Forms of nuisance tax

pluralnuisance taxes

Questions about nuisance tax

What does nuisance tax mean?
Nuisance tax means a tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority; a sales tax.
What part of speech is nuisance tax?
Nuisance tax is a noun.
What is the plural of nuisance tax?
The plural of nuisance tax is nuisance taxes.

Words near nuisance tax in the dictionary

  1. nuisance fees
  2. nuisance ground
  3. nuisance grounds
  4. nuisance parameter
  5. nuisance parameters
  6. nuisance tax
  7. nuisance taxes
  8. nuisanceless
  9. nuisancer
  10. nuisancers
  11. nuisances

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