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windfall tax

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈwindfall ˌtax noun [countable]  an additional amount of tax that the British government sometimes takes from a company that has suddenly earned a large amount of money that it did not expect to earn 暴利税
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windfall taxLabour has imposed the utility windfall tax, introduced the minimum wage and ramped up petrol duty.
From Longman Business Dictionarywindfall taxˈwindfall tax [countable]TAX a tax that must be paid by a company that has suddenly and unexpectedly earned a large amount of money, especially a large company that has recently been PRIVATIZED (=sold by the government) tax
ˈwindfall ˌtax nounChineseSyllable
additional an British government the that Corpus amount of tax Business


windfall tax
ˈwindfall ˌtax noun [countable]
an additional amount of tax that the British government sometimes takes from a company that has suddenly earned a large amount of money that it did not expect to earn