Meanings
nouncarbon tax (plural carbon taxes)
plural carbon taxes
- 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.
Swedish politicians push for imposition of a punitive carbon tax to turn back a global climate warming that has not even been detected, even as a major political party vows to close down Sweden's nuclear power plants.
1995 November 1, S. Fred Singer, “Ozone Politics with a Nobel Imprimatur”, in Washington Times
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 二氧化碳稅 /二氧化碳税, 碳稅 /碳税
- 二氧化碳稅 /二氧化碳税 (èryǎnghuàtànshuì)tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
- 碳稅 /碳税 (tànshuì)tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Czech uhlíková daň
- uhlíková daňtax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Finnish hiilidioksidivero, hiilivero
- hiilidioksidiverotax levied on the use of fossil fuels
- hiiliverotax levied on the use of fossil fuels
French taxe carbone
- taxe carbonetax levied on the use of fossil fuels
German CO₂-Steuer
- CO₂-Steuertax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Irish cáin charbóin
- cáin charbóintax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Japanese 炭素税
- 炭素税 (tansozei)tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Korean 탄소세
- 탄소세 (tansose)tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Russian углеро́дный нало́г
- углеро́дный нало́г (ugleródnyj nalóg)tax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Slovak uhlíková daň
- uhlíková daňtax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Spanish impuesto sobre el carbono
- impuesto sobre el carbonotax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Swedish koldioxidskatt
- koldioxidskatttax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Vietnamese thuế cacbon, thuế carbon
- thuế cacbontax levied on the use of fossil fuels
- thuế carbontax levied on the use of fossil fuels
Cite this entry
APA
carbon tax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20tax
MLA
“carbon tax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20tax. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbon tax,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20tax.
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