Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t-charge

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables: t-charge
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

Short for toxicity charge.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

T-Charges (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ULEZ

Questions

What does t-charge mean?: 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.
Where does t-charge come from?: Short for toxicity charge.

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