Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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