tax break

1. 1.

   a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity

   Synonymstax benefit

   Broadertax write-off

Questions about tax break

What does tax break mean?

tax break means "a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity".

What is another word for tax break?

Close synonyms include tax benefit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tax break a common word?

tax break is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.