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
surtax (plural surtaxes)
(legal) An additional or extra tax.
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
