| 单词 | highway tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmashighway tax highway tax n. chiefly U.S. in later use a tax imposed to finance the building and maintenance of public roads. ΚΠ 1681 Kilburne's Choice Presidents Acts of Parl. (ed. 2) 186 (heading) To distrain for High-way Tax. 1772 London Evening-Post 29 Dec. The highway tax..falls peculiarly heavy on the farmer, and makes no small addition to his other expences. 1895 Laws Wisconsin ccclxxxv. 776 The question whether the highway taxes..shall be paid in labor instead of money. 1958 A. J. Vidich & J. Bensman Small Town in Mass Society vi. 139 Revenues from the highway tax..are supplemented with $27,000 in state aid designated for town roads. 2011 A. Bowman & R. Kearney State & Local Govt. (ed. 8) xii. 343 Privatization remains an attractive option to governors and legislatures intent on holding down highway taxes. < as lemmas |
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