しょうぜい
Meanings
Noun
1. consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
Kanji used
extinguish
expense
tax
Pitch accent
しょ
うひ
ぜい
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Composed of
consumption; expenditure
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
consumption tax rate; sales tax rate; VAT rate
Examples (6 in total)
The price doesn't include consumption tax.
Many of us are hostile to the consumption tax.
In general, people were against the consumption tax.
The consumption tax is now 5 percent in Japan.
Many consumers rose up against the consumption tax.
A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.