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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax or fee |
| Synonyms: | assessment, charge, cost, duty, excise, impost, levy, price, price tag, rate, tab, tax, toll |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of fee, amount |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | price asked for something |
| Synonyms: | amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense; price paid |
| Synonyms: | amount, arm and a leg, bad news, bite*, bottom dollar, bottom line, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, top dollar, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on foreign goods |
| Synonyms: | assessment, custom, customs, due, excise, impost, levy, rate, revenue, tariff, toll |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on goods |
| Synonyms: | customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount charged for transportation |
| Synonyms: | book, charge, check, expense, passage, price, slug, tariff, ticket, token, toll |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | levy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assessment, tax |
| Synonyms: | burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll |
| Notes: | a levee is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, while a levy is a charge or tax imposed and collected |
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