Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latte levy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: lat-te levy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proposed tax on disposable coffee cups or paper cups in general, with the purpose of reducing waste.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Starbucks is the first UK coffee chain to introduce a national “latte levy” - a 5p charge on single-use paper coffee cups - in a bid to reduce the overuse and waste of 2.5bn disposable cups every year."
"The so-called latte levy aims to incentivise the use of recycled and reusable alternatives to single-use disposable packaging."
"Research commissioned by the Irish Paper Packaging Circularity Alliance (IPPCA) calculates that the 20 cent tax, dubbed the latte levy, could cause 4,244 job losses in coffee shops as customers respond by cutting consumption."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

latte levies (plural)

Questions

What does latte levy mean?: A proposed tax on disposable coffee cups or paper cups in general, with the purpose of reducing waste.

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