sin tax
noun Informal.
a tax levied on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, or other things considered neither luxuries nor necessities.
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- simurgh,
- simv,
- simvastatin,
- sin,
- sin bin,
- sin-1,
- sin-bin,
- sina,
- sinai,
- sinai, mount
Origin of sin tax
First recorded in 1970–75
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sin tax
noun
informal a tax levied on something that is considered morally or medically harmful, such as alcohol or tobacco
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