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Meaning of "eco-tax" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ECO-TAX

eco-tax  [ˈiːkəʊtæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECO-TAX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eco-Tax is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ECO-TAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of eco-tax in the English dictionary

The definition of eco-tax in the dictionary is a tax levied on services, products, etc, that adversely affect the environment.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ECO-TAX


after-tax
ˈɑːftəˌtæks
before-tax
bɪˈfɔːˌtæks
Eurotax
ˈjʊərəʊˌtæks
morphosyntax
ˌmɔːfəʊˈsɪntæks
nontax
ˈnɒnˌtæks
overtax
ˌəʊvəˈtæks
pre-tax
ˌpriːˈtæks
retax
ˌriːˈtæks
stacks
stæks
surtax
ˈsɜːˌtæks
syntax
ˈsɪntæks
tax
tæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECO-TAX

eco
eco-bling
eco-capitalism
eco-label
eco-labelling
eco-tourist
eco-warrior
ecocatastrophe
ecocentric
ecocidal
ecocide
ecoclimate
ecofeminism
ecofeminist
Ecofin
ecofreak
ecofriendly
ecol.
ecolodge
ecologic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECO-TAX

capital gains tax
carbon tax
council tax
death tax
departure tax
excise tax
green tax
income tax
inheritance tax
land tax
payroll tax
profits tax
property tax
purchase tax
road tax
sales tax
transfer tax
value-added tax
wealth tax
withholding tax

Synonyms and antonyms of eco-tax in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eco-tax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ECO-TAX

Find out the translation of eco-tax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eco-tax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eco-tax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生态税
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ecotasa
570 millions of speakers

English

eco-tax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्यावरण के टैक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الايكولوجية الضريبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Экологический налог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eco-taxa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইকো-ট্যাক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éco-taxe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eko-cukai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Öko-Steuer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

環境税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

환경세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eco-tax
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sinh thái thuế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூழல்-வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इको टॅक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eko-vergi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ecotassa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podatek ekologiczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Екологічний податок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eco - taxa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικολογικού φόρου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eko- belasting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

miljöskatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øko - skatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eco-tax

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ECO-TAX»

The term «eco-tax» is normally little used and occupies the 133.874 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ECO-TAX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eco-tax» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eco-tax» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eco-tax

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECO-TAX»

Discover the use of eco-tax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eco-tax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Germany 2002
This edition finds that Germany is pursuing several ambitious objectives in its energy policy, notably cutting greenhouse gas emissions and fully liberalising the electricity and gas markets, while phasing out nuclear power.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003
2
Worldwide Destinations: The geography of travel and tourism
The idea of an 'eco-tax', imposed on the tourism sector specifically for environmental projects, came about as a result of pressure from local communities in the Balearic Islands affected by mass tourism. In 1999 it was adopted by an alliance of ...
Brian Boniface, MA, Chris Cooper, Robyn Cooper, 2012
3
Compendium of Sustainable Energy Laws
18.8 14.6 11.8 4.3 -0.6 -1.0 -1.3 -1.5 -1.7 1999 2000 2001 2002 200 fact, without the eco-tax, this rate would be 21.2%. In 1998 it was still 20.3% (see diagram 2). Together with fundamental reforms, revenue from the eco-tax can thus contribute  ...
Richard L. Ottinger, Nicholas Robinson, Victor Tafur, 2005
4
Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations
First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rachel Dodds, Sonya Graci, 2012
5
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews OECD Environmental ...
Energy taxation and the eco-tax reform The ecological tax reform (Ökologische Steuerreform) was introduced in 1999 with the objectives of mitigating CO2 emissions, providing incentives for job creation and boosting innovation. It introduced a ...
OECD, 2012
6
Developments in German Politics 3
In the end, the agreement reached consisted of the introduction of the eco-tax in three phases. This allowed Schroder to stick to his promise for the first phase and generate substantial savings in indirect labour costs for the full four years of the ...
Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson, Gordon Smith, 2003
7
Social Democracy in Power: The Capacity to Reform
Predictably, the opposition parties launched a high-publicity campaign against the eco tax. Schröder's statements minimized the eco tax's potential impact from the very start. The coalition finally agreed to introduce an electricity tax and to ...
Wolfgang Merkel, Alexander Petring, Christian Henkes, 2008
8
The Economics of Climate Change in China: Towards a ...
Case study: The German eco-tax After several economic studies supported the economic advantage of introducing an environmental tax reform, the German government introduced an end-user eco-tax on electricity, transport fuels, natural gas ...
Fan Gang, Chief Economist and Special Counsellor to the President Nicholas Stern, Nicholas Stern, 2013
9
Reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: How to ...
The European Commission was a main promoter of reform on competition grounds because eco-tax exemptions potentially distort competition. Arguments against the reform were concerns about competitiveness, the introduction of the ...
Annegrete Bruvoll, John Magne Skjelvik, Haakon Vennemo, 2011
10
Eco-advantage in the Hospitality Industry
... 111 Economic benefit, 144 Ecovin, 144 Ecological tax, see Eco-tax Ecologically sustainable, 7 Ecosystem, 1–3, 8, 50, 57, 69–70 Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), 139, 145 Eco-tax, 165 Ecotourism/Ecotourist, 102–6, 112, 142, ...
Joseph Chen, Philip Sloan, Willy Legrand, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECO-TAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eco-tax is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eco-tax on electronic equipment to go by September 1
The eco-tax will no longer have to be paid on electronic equipment as from September 1 when regulations linked with the Waste Electrical and ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
2
From litres to square metres
The chairman believes that the playing field is not quite level – with illicit cross-border trade where taxes like excise tax, eco-tax and VAT were ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
3
Serbia: Citizens yearly give 2000 euros to the state
Among these benefits there are those nobody knows what they are for, such as, for example, payment of eco-tax or fees for drainage. «InSerbia News, Jun 15»
4
Landour board, Mussoorie MC reconcile; ward member Bhandari …
... proposal of giving the eco-tax barrier at Kholhukhet to private parties. Following this, Mall stopped the collection of garbage from the Landour ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
5
Eco-tax row continues in Mussoorie
Congress leader Megh Singh Kandari addresses mediapersons on eco-tax collection issue in Mussoorie on Thursday. A Tribune photo. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
6
Mussoorie MC told to stop collection of eco-tax
The Mussoorie Municipal Council that had given the contract of collecting eco-tax levied on the vehicles of tourists at the Kholhukhet barrier to ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
7
Mussoorie MC fails in 'green' test
What is shocking that most of the MC ward members who cleared the proposal of levying eco-tax on the people here were not aware of the day ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
8
Garbage disposal at Landour Cantt a victim of political impasse, ego …
... Mall and vice-president, Landour Cantonment Board, Mahesh Chand over the allotment of the Kholhukhet eco-tax barrier to private parties. «Chandigarh Tribune, May 15»
9
Hike diesel cess, put the money in public transport
Here tax in general is high and on top of that there is usually an eco-tax of 10%. This helps build and subsidize public transport, for instance. «Times of India, Apr 15»
10
GRTU and ministry clash over eco-tax removal
The Environment Ministry has issued a consultation document on the removal of eco-tax and its replacement by the WEEE Directive – but it has ... «Times of Malta, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Eco-Tax [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/eco-tax>. Apr 2024 ».
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