gasoline tax
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɡæsəˌliːn tæks/
- US
:
impuesto sobre la gasolina
- For example, gasoline taxes (or more generally, carbon-content taxes) are an ideal instrument for mitigating global warming.
- gasoline tax increase
Examples
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When the Democrats took the majority, they raised the gasoline tax by 12 cents.
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Yeah, but you still pay sales tax, gasoline tax, real estate taxes and all this.
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The Senate chose a small increase in the gasoline tax as the alternative.
Academic text (1997) -
Increasing gasoline taxes is one way to address a broad set of environmental and other problems.
Academic text (1992) -
Even though you pay income tax, you are still liable for gasoline tax, sales tax, school tax, and real estate tax.
Blog text (6) -
Increase the federal gasoline tax to discourage gasoline consumption and use the proceeds to maintain transportation infrastructure.
Blog text (11) -
The state now levies a 20-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax, which was last raised in 1991.
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In California, voters approved a measure to double gasoline taxes for highway repair.
Synonyms
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1.0
A charge people must pay to the government on income or property
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5.5
A tax on goods like tobacco and alcohol charged for each item or amount sold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning—a government charge applied to gasoline—is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'gasoline' and 'tax', so a learner who knows both words can infer the expression. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern for naming levies on goods, making it easily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun gasoline tax comes from the early days of cars, when governments put a small charge on each gallon of gasoline, and that extra charge was the tax. That's why today gasoline tax means a small added cost at the pump that helps pay for roads and public transport.