nonbeverage

noun

nonbeverage

noun

Etymology From non- + beverage.

1

Often That which is not a beverage.

That was the tax that was paid, because only nonbeverages were permitted. Therefore the nonbeverage tax only was paid and only a nonbeverage use was contemplated.1979, Bernard D. Reams, Internal Revenue Acts of the United States, 1909-1950, page 2337:

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