luxury tax
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of luxury tax
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, have a luxury tax payroll of around $420 million as they look to win their third consecutive World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
In the Premier League that will be 85%, though it is possible to spend as much as 115% in the first year and pay what is in effect a luxury tax.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
The ban is expected to cost George about $11.7 million of his season salary and save the 76ers about $5 million in luxury tax payments under the league's salary cap system.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
They spent more than $350 million to build their roster, not counting the enormous luxury tax bill that will increase their overall expenditures to over a half-billion dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
In a first-rate place it was, of course, impossible to get any sort of meal for five francs, or ten francs either; especially after the ten per cent luxury tax had been tacked on.
From Eating in Two or Three Languages by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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