Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tax horsepower

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
tax horse-pow-er
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A country-specific calculation of the approximate power delivered by an automobile engine, used to determine a vehicle's road taxation rate. Modern systems may also take emissions into account.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

tax horsepowers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Synonyms

fiscal horsepower taxable horsepower

Questions

What does tax horsepower mean?
A country-specific calculation of the approximate power delivered by an automobile engine, used to determine a vehicle's road taxation rate. Modern systems may also take emissions into account.

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