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T-Charge

T-Charge noun: a surcharge from 2017 to 2019 on top of the normal congestion charge for motor vehicles in London, England, and applicable only to older vehicles that generate more pollution.

Noun

T-Charge (plural T-Charges)

  1. (UK) A surcharge from 2017 to 2019 on top of the normal congestion charge for motor vehicles in London, England, and applicable only to older vehicles that generate more pollution.
    • The world's toughest emission standard, the £10 Toxicity Charge (T-Charge) to help tackle London's lethal air pollution and get older more polluting cars off the roads has today (Monday 23rd October 2017) been introduced by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.2017 October 23, “GLA - Mayor’s new £10 ‘T-Charge’ starts today”, in Transport for London
    • Like the current ULEZ emissions standards, the T-Charge targeted car, van, lorry, coach and bus drivers in vehicles deemed to produce higher levels of exhaust emissions, but the standards were much less stringent, meaning that fewer drivers had to pay.2019 November 7, “What is the London T-Charge?”, in Buy a Car, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2020

Forms of T-Charge

pluralT-Charges

Origin of T-Charge

Short for toxicity charge.

Questions about T-Charge

What does T-Charge mean?
T-Charge means a surcharge from 2017 to 2019 on top of the normal congestion charge for motor vehicles in London, England, and applicable only to older vehicles that generate more pollution.
What part of speech is T-Charge?
T-Charge is a noun.
What is the plural of T-Charge?
The plural of T-Charge is T-Charges.

Words near T-Charge in the dictionary

  1. T-carriers
  2. T-cart
  3. T-carts
  4. T-cell
  5. T-cells
  6. T-Charge
  7. T-Charges
  8. t-conorm
  9. t-conorms
  10. t-crosser
  11. t-crossers

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