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tassa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
  • fee noun A charge or payment required for a service, privilege, or right.
  • tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.

Senses

tassa is used for these senses in English:

  • duty (countable) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
  • fee An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
  • tax Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

duty — full definition

  1. noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
  2. noun A tax charged on goods, especially imports.
  3. noun The period during which someone is actively working or on call.

fee — full definition

  1. noun A charge or payment required for a service, privilege, or right.
  2. noun (law) An inheritable right or ownership interest in land.

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