Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with tax in American Collocation
tax
noun
countable/uncountable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
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considered to be unfair
regressive
unfair
Petrol tax is a regressive tax.
considered to be fair
fair
progressive
This would be a far more progressive tax than the existing flat-rate per household.
high/ low
high
low
Their citizens pay some of the highest taxes in Europe.
with a single rate, rather than several rates
flat
They replaced graduated income tax with a flat tax of 25 per cent.
business
capital gains
carbon
corporation
fuel
income
inheritance
land
property
road
tobacco
The protests have led to increases in fuel tax being abandoned.
charge a tax
apply
charge
impose
introduce
levy
Honduras had joined other banana-exporting nations in an agreement to levy an export tax on that fruit.
pay a tax
pay
It seems I didn’t pay any tax on these bonuses.
take tax directly from someone’s pay
deduct
This rule applies to income tax deducted at source from gross income.
avoid paying tax
avoid
defer
evade
This enables the seller of the property to evade tax, by artificially reducing the declared price of the property.
stop charging a tax
abolish
scrap
We also propose to scrap council tax and replace it with a local income tax.