| 单词 | road cess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad cess road cess n. originally Scottish and Irish English; now chiefly Indian English a road tax or levy (see cess n.1). ΚΠ 1837 J. Binns Miseries & Beauties of Ireland I. xiii. 327 Several miles in the county..had not been mended for twenty years, yet the farmers are paying their road-cess twice a year notwithstanding. 1878 J. Inglis Sport & Work ii. 11 The road-cess has to be paid. 1930 Times 1 July 12 Owners of properties..[in Calcutta] paying a small road-cess would be majority voters. 2005 Econ. Times (India) (Nexis) 3 Oct. It would, therefore, cost such trucks an additional Rs 520 per day. This is in addition to levies that transporters pay like road cess and petrol cess. < as lemmas |
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