Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piggyback tax

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: pig-gy-back- -tax
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An additional tax imposed by a lower level of government (such as a state or municipality) on top of the tax liability imposed by a higher level of government.

Example Sentences

"The county introduced a piggyback tax on top of the state income tax."

Inflected Forms

piggyback taxes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

surtax

Questions

What does piggyback tax mean?: An additional tax imposed by a lower level of government (such as a state or municipality) on top of the tax liability imposed by a higher level of government.

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