sales tax

noun

: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller

Examples of sales tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The deficit has been blamed on a series of pay raises totaling about 23% that were given to most employees in 2023 and to voters’ November rejection of a one-cent sales tax hike that would have raised $400 million a year. —David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025

Albritton floated a proposal to eliminate sales tax on clothing and shoes under $75. —Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025

According to data from the RTA and numbers provided by Kane County Finance Director Kathleen Hopkinson, Kane County received just over $26 million in RTA sales tax funding for fiscal year 2024. —Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025

The city tried to rectify its structural budget problem by proposing a half-cent local sales tax on the November ballot. —Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 14 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sales tax

• almanacs
• carrybacks
• haversacks
• lumberjacks
• maniacs
• microcracks
• minimax
• paperbacks
• parallax
• quarterbacks
• sticklebacks
• telefax

Kids Definition

sales tax

noun

: a tax paid on the purchase of goods and services and collected by the seller

Legal Definition

sales tax

noun

: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller