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SURTAX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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)

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