Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SURTAX
surtax, supertax
(noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed
surtax
(verb) levy an extra tax on; “surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
surtax (plural surtaxes)
(legal) An additional or extra tax.
Verb
surtax (third-person singular simple present surtaxes, present participle surtaxing, simple past and past participle surtaxed)
(transitive) To impose a surtax upon.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"tax, n.
Definition: An additional or extra tax.
Sur*tax", v. t.
Definition: To impose an additional tax on.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BOLLARD
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