road tax

British

noun

a tax paid, usually annually, on motor vehicles in use on the roads

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It found that the number of vehicles people were paying road tax on in the first year of registration was too high in the data that was given.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

That makes the miniature camper useable as a daily driver while still enjoying the more favorable road tax enjoyed by campervans in Europe.

From The Verge • May 2, 2022

The Czech government will also scrap mandatory blending of bio-components into fuels and abolish a road tax to counter soaring prices.

From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2022

But U.S. personnel in Italy did not have to pay road tax, and government-issued coupons cut the cost of fuel by at least two-thirds.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021

Tax on all those acres, recently the new gravel road tax added, the expense of living and only the work of two women to meet all of it.

From A Girl of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

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