SURTAX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed

Synonyms:

supertax; surtax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("surtax" is a kind of...):

income tax (a personal tax levied on annual income)

Derivation:

surtax (levy an extra tax on)

Meaning:

Levy an extra tax on

Example:

surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "surtax" is one way to...):

tax (levy a tax on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

surtax (an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed)