zero-rated
Americanadjective
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not subject to value-added tax or sales tax.
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not subject to a service fee; with access provided free to users.
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having received a rating of zero with respect to some criterion.
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Food and children's clothes are deemed essentials, and are zero-rated.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023
Former FCC officials say the new limits on zero-rated data plans are based on policy analysis that the federal agency undertook in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
Despite, or perhaps because of, the popularity of zero-rated services, net neutrality is barely on the country’s radar.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2017
"Zero-rating may provide an unfair advantage to the provider of the content that is zero-rated, compared to other content providers or potential new entrants," staffers with the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote in a February post.
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
Magazines, along with books and newspapers, are normally zero-rated for VAT – this meant that Sky could avoid VAT on a small but significant percentage of revenue.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
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