National Defence Contribution
(US National Defense Contribution) Economics (now historical )
noun
A tax levied to supplement military and defence spending; (British History ) a tax on corporate profits introduced in 1937 to supplement the defence budget; abbreviated N.D.C.
Origin
1920s.
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