| 单词 | spending tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspending tax 7. In the sense ‘of or pertaining to expenditure or disbursement’, as spending-power, spending spree, spending tax. ΚΠ 1930 Economist 13 Sept. 477/1 Economy appeared to be denounced as a ‘policy of stagnation’ and the dangerous line of ‘increased spending-power’ once more held out as a remedial policy. 1942 Time 7 Sept. 94/3 The Senate Finance committee..pondered a new Treasury proposal for a ‘spending tax’ designed to encourage war savings. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 140 We are now squandering the capital of metallic ores and fossil fuels... How long can this spending spree go on? 1968 Punch 23 Oct. 563/1 At the back of my mind there is a tiny doubt about the feasibility of the Spending Tax. 1980 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Attending Physician xvi. 144 You're not going on a spending spree with all that loot, are you? < as lemmas |
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