road tax
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Taken together, vehicle excise duty - better known as "road tax" - and fuel duty that motorists pay at the pump, raise around £35bn a year, but neither tax is levied on pure electric vehicles.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
A road tax by mileage will undoubtedly be the ultimate solution.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
The land grants and other privileges accorded to the railway companies may be fairly compared to the road tax which we willingly submit to in England as the just price of an invaluable boon.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)
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