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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sales tax

/(sālz"tăks)/ · Sales· tax · IPA
01 n. a tax imposed upon the retail sale of goods or the sale of services, usually collected by the seller at the time of purchase; -- it is typi…
  1. 1.
    a tax imposed upon the retail sale of goods or the sale of services, usually collected by the seller at the time of purchase; -- it is typically calculated as a percentage of the price of the object sold, being commonly from 3% to 7% of the base price. See: base price