environ. | 消费税 | tax on consumption A sum of money demanded from businesses by a government, usually based on a percentage of total sales of select goods and services, and generally passed on to consumers with each individual purchase (政府要求企业的一笔钱,通常基于对选择商品和服务销售总额的百分比,且通常转嫁到消费者的每一个人购买中。) |