"GST" meaning in English

See GST in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} GST
  1. (electronics) One of various compounds of germanium, antimony, and tellurium used as a phase change material, including GeSbTe.
    Sense id: en-GST-en-noun-rGllifLM Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 14 45 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (taxation)
    Initialism of goods and sales tax.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: goods and sales tax Translations (initialism of goods and sales tax): moms (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-GST-en-noun-E-PIZENg Categories (other): Taxation, Entries with translation boxes, Taxation Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Taxation: 1 50 49 Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation Disambiguation of 'initialism of goods and sales tax': 0 85 15
  3. (taxation)
    (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Singapore) Initialism of goods and services tax.
    Wikidata QID: Q128635 Tags: Australia, Canada, India, New-Zealand, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: goods and services tax Synonyms: VAT Translations (initialism of goods and services tax): ALV (Finnish), TPS (taxe sur les produits et services) (French), moms (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-GST-en-noun-en:Q128635 Categories (other): Australian English, Canadian English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Singapore English, Taxation, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Taxation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 7 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 6 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 13 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 10 56 Disambiguation of Taxation: 1 50 49 Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation Disambiguation of 'initialism of goods and services tax': 1 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: HST [taxation, economics, government, sciences]
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