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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VAT is payable on confectionery but products can be zero-rated if they are used for cooking.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022
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
Its growth has been fuelled by the fact that it is zero-rated by some of the country’s mobile phone operators, meaning people don’t have to pay data charges to use it.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 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
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