Definition of "war-tax" [war-tax]

• A tax imposed for the purpose of providing funds for the prosecution of a war. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Add, a few days ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took any suggestion of a war-tax, to pay for the wars, off the table, and are there any adults in Washington, or is it just another session of Play School?"
• "An automatic war-tax would insulate decisions to go to war from election cycle tax politics."
• "How about these clowns pushing for a war-tax review the budgeet and strike a line through every item not among those 'enumerated powers granted to Congress."