Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

congestion charge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: con-ges-tion charge
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city.

Example Sentences

"In a paper published for an emergency finance committee meeting on May 12, TfL says it costs around £600 million a month to run its network, but that income has fallen by 90% since the lockdown began. As well as a decline in public transport revenue, London's congestion charge has been suspended to allow key workers to use the road network."

Inflected Forms

congestion charges (plural)

Phrases

congestion pricing T-Charge road pricing workplace parking levy

Frequently Paired Words

congestion pricing T-Charge road pricing workplace parking levy

Questions

What does congestion charge mean?: A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city.

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