SALES TAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sales tax mean? 

• SALES TAX (noun)
  The noun SALES TAX has 1 sense:

1. a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

  Familiarity information: SALES TAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALES TAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

nuisance tax; sales tax

Hypernyms ("sales tax" is a kind of...):

excise; excise tax (a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate))