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noun

a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.

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Words nearby border tax

borderline, borderline personality disorder, Borders, Borders Region, Border States, border tax, Border terrier, Bordet, Bordetella, Bordet-Gengou bacillus, bordure

Example sentences from the Web for border tax

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.
2014 Was a Delectably Good Year for Sleaze|Patricia Murphy|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A border feud at Reedsquair, between the English and Scottish marchmen, in which the former were completely beaten.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
A few minutes, and he would perhaps have slipped across the border—when something startled him into sudden life again.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

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