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Answer for the clue "Added charge ", 6 letters:
surtax
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Word definitions for surtax in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"extra tax," 1834, from French surtaxe , from Old French sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + taxe "tax" (see tax (n.)).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed [syn: supertax ] v. levy an extra tax on; "surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) An additional or extra tax.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surtax \Sur*tax"\, v. t. To impose an additional tax on.
Usage examples of surtax.
Let us wherefore, tearing ages, presently preposterose a snatchvote of thanksalot to the huskiest coaxing experimenter that ever gave his best hand into chancerisk, wishing him with his famblings no end of slow poison and a mighty broad venue for themselves between the devil's punchbowl and the deep angleseaboard, that they may gratefully turn a deaf ear clooshed upon the desperanto of willynully, their shareholders from Taaffe to Auliffe, that will curse them below par and mar with their descendants, shame, humbug ant profit, to greenmould upon mildew over jaundice as long as ever there's wagtail surtaxed to a testcase on enver a man.
The only truly high taxes are the surtaxes, and yet they complain and complain.