A tax imposed for the purpose of providing funds for the prosecution of a war.(noun)
The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)
Use "war-tax" in a sentence
"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."