Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuisance tax

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: nui-sance -tax
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority; a sales tax.

Derogatory

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

nuisance taxes (plural)

Synonyms

sales tax

Questions

What does nuisance tax mean?: A tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services, payable by the customer and transmitted by the seller to the taxing authority; a sales tax.

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