sales tax
A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services…A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer and collected by the seller for the local or state authorities.
» There is a lower sales tax on food.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer and collected by the seller for the local or state authorities.
(countable, uncountable)A use tax or a combination of a sales tax and a use tax.
They had to pay sales tax on a car they bought out of state.
- a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
Examples
6 sentencesThere is a lower sales tax on food.
Sales tax isn't included.
When you sell something, you need to collect the sales tax.
The sales tax isn't included.
Undocumented immigrants here are taxpayers, as they pay sales tax.
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plural: sales taxes| Singular | sales tax |
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable