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to surtax

to surtax

7.7
To charge an extra tax on income, goods, or payments
  • verb
  • /ˈsɜrˌtæks/
  • Formal
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  • The government decided to surtax high-income earners to fund public services.

Examples

  • To address the budget deficit, lawmakers voted to surtax luxury goods in the upcoming fiscal year.

  • Many politicians are advocating to surtax profits from corporations that exceed a certain threshold.

  • Surtaxed.

    Popeye (1980)

Synonyms

to tax
vsto surtax
150 1.9

To make people pay money to the government on income or goods

adds an extra charge above existing levies

How Large

to overtax
1 7.2
to surtax
  • Formal
7.7
to charge
808 2.0

Surface Forms

surtax infinitive
surtaxed past
surtaxed past participle
surtaxing present participle
surtaxes third person singular

Morphology

surtax = tax (transparent) = sur + tax

The meaning is directly built from sur- meaning 'extra/over' plus tax, yielding 'tax additionally'.

Etymology

Surtax comes from the prefix sur- meaning 'over' and the word tax. So, to surtax someone is to add an extra tax 'over' the regular tax, or to make them pay more than the usual amount.