"carbon tax" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carbon taxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carbon tax (plural carbon taxes)
  1. A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Wikipedia link: carbon tax Categories (topical): Climate change, Taxation Translations (tax levied on the use of fossil fuels): 二氧化碳稅 (Chinese Mandarin), 二氧化碳税 (èryǎnghuàtànshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 碳稅 (Chinese Mandarin), 碳税 (tànshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), hiilidioksidivero (Finnish), hiilivero (Finnish), taxe carbone [feminine] (French), CO₂-Steuer [feminine] (German), cáin charbóin [feminine] (Irish), 炭素税 (tansozei) (alt: たんそぜい) (Japanese), 탄소세 (tansose) (Korean), impuesto sobre el carbono [masculine] (Spanish), koldioxidskatt [common-gender] (Swedish), thuế cacbon (Vietnamese), thuế carbon (Vietnamese)

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