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SALES TAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
Synonyms:
nuisance tax; sales tax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("sales tax" is a kind of...):
excise; excise tax (a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate))