surtaxes

noun

plural of surtax
as in tariffs

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  1. tariffs
  2. excises
  3. tolls
Noun
  • The retailer was also hit by tariffs and is navigating the soaring price of memory chips, which have caused the costs of some consumer electronics to rise.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Overturning the eighty-year-old world trade system by imposing arbitrary tariffs?
    — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of tariffs
Noun
  • Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Yet his progressive tax proposals sat atop a federal revenue system that was still heavily dependent on excises.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of excises
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  • He was also associated with the rehabilitation of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the end of two-way tolls on toll facilities, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the early development of the platform for electronic toll collection on Maryland’s highways and bridges.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Definition of tolls
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“Surtaxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surtaxes. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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