Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tax-sheltered

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
tax-shel-tered
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of money or other assets: protected by a tax shelter.

Inflected Forms

more tax-sheltered (comparative) most tax-sheltered (superlative)

Questions

What does tax-sheltered mean?
Of money or other assets: protected by a tax shelter.

How to pronounce tax-sheltered

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