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skatt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • contribution noun Something given, such as money, time, or effort, that adds to a bigger effort.
  • scat noun Animal droppings.
  • tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.
  • treasure noun A valuable collection of money, jewels, or other precious things.

Senses

skatt is used for these senses in English:

  • scat A tax; tribute.
  • 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).
  • treasure (literally, countable, and, uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.

scat — full definition

  1. noun Animal droppings.
  2. noun A style of jazz singing using improvised, wordless syllables instead of lyrics.
  3. verb (informal) To leave quickly.
  4. interjection Used to tell an animal or person to go away.

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