| 单词 | granny tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgranny tax granny tax n. colloquial any of various taxes which adversely affect pensioners or older people. ΚΠ 1986 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 4 Feb. 10458/1 The exemption of 3 cents a litre [sc. of gasoline] will come off at the end of 1986 and another so-called granny tax of 1 cent a litre will be added..next year. 1993 Chicago Tribune 13 Apr. i. 1/6 The House GOP has proposed an alternative that would use surcharge money and cuts in social-service funding to kill the ‘granny tax’ on private-paying nursing-home residents. 2012 Guardian 22 Mar. 1/1 Labour accused the chancellor of funding this giveaway through a ‘granny tax’, pointing out 4.4 million taxpaying pensioners would lose on average £84 a year as a result of the plan to freeze their personal allowances. < as lemmas |
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