| 词汇 | windfall-tax |
| 释义 | windfall tax noun[ C ] TAXukus an extra tax that a government charges a company when it makes a large unexpected profit, especially if they have been helped by economic conditions: Following record profits, a €5bn windfall tax was levied on energy companies. Examples of windfall taxwindfall tax Even after the windfalltax we came out ahead their public affairs director was later quoted as saying. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has also called for a windfalltax to be imposed on energy companies who are found to be unnecessarily putting up prices on customers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The windfalltax is entirely justified for that reason, and is widely accepted to be so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The windfalltax will raise about £5 billion and is thoroughly justified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us make no bones about it: the windfalltax is right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware of any plans to compensate pensioners and people on low earnings for the consequences of a windfalltax? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard a lot about the windfalltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will depend on the level at which the windfalltax is set. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot possibly support the proposed means of funding that programme—the proposed windfalltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The windfalltax will hit customers and shareholders, and it will hit pensioners, because the shareholders are mainly pension funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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