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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tax on certain items, such as cigarettes and alcohol, that are regarded as neither necessities nor luxuries.
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- noun idiomatic, politics A government-imposed tax on a specific
good ,service , oractivity which islegal but widely considered to beunwholesome or sociallyharmful , such as a tax on alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or gambling.
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