Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

road pricing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: road- pric-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of charging users or owners of motor vehicles for the use of the roads they travel on, whether it be on busier roads or at busier times, or as a method of discouraging road congestion.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If it was a part of a much wider range of policies designed to reduce the impact of transport - ranging from road pricing to free bus travel, much higher fuel prices to widespread adoption of low traffic neighbourhoods, just to name a few - then it might be worthwhile."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

congestion pricing congestion charge workplace parking levy

Frequently Paired Words

congestion pricing congestion charge workplace parking levy toll

Questions

What does road pricing mean?: The practice of charging users or owners of motor vehicles for the use of the roads they travel on, whether it be on busier roads or at busier times, or as a method of discouraging road congestion.

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