HIDDEN TAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hidden tax mean? 

• HIDDEN TAX (noun)
  The noun HIDDEN TAX has 1 sense:

1. a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)

  Familiarity information: HIDDEN TAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIDDEN TAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("hidden tax" is a kind of...):

indirect tax (a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations)

Domain category:

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)