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Luxury, as an entirely relative term; a free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastees; also a mode of life characterized by material abundance and gratification of expensive tastes, (Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. IV, p. 887).Luxury, could among other meanings be defined as (1) abundance, sumptuous enjoyment; (2) the habitual use of, or indulgence in, what is choice or costly; (3) refined and intense enjoyment; means of luxurious enjoyment; (4) in a particularized sense; something which conduces to enjoyment or comfort in addition to what are accounted the necessaries. Hence, in recent use, something which is desirable but not indispensable; and (5) as an attribute as luxury coach, cruise duty, edition, flat, liner, shop, tax, trade, Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edn., Vol. IX.Means something which conduces enjoyment over and above the necessaries of life. It denotes something which is superfluous and not indispensable and...
Luxurious
Of or pertaining to luxury ministering to luxury supplied with the conditions of luxury as a luxurious life a luxurious table luxurious ease...
Luxury tax
Luxury tax, is an indirect tax and is ultimately collected from and its burden directly falls on the consumers who enjoy the luxury, Express Hotels (P) Ltd. v. State of Gujarat, (1989) 3 SCC 677.Luxury tax, is said to be generic term for excise imposed on purchase of items which are not necessaries e.g. tax on liquor or cigarettes, Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn....
Luxuriancy
The state or quality of being luxuriant luxuriance...
Luxuriant
Exuberant in growth rank excessive profuse very abundant as a luxuriant growth of grass luxuriant foliage...
Luxuries
Luxuries, in Entry 62 of List II means the activity of enjoyment of or Indulgence in that which is costly or which is generally recognised as being beyond the necessary requirements of an average member of society and not articles of luxury, Godfury Phillips India Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 2005 SC 1103. [see also Constitution of India, Arts. 246, 286, Sch. VII, List II, Entry 62]...
luxury tax
luxury tax : an excise levied on the purchase of items that are not essential for support or maintenance ...
Luxuriance
The state or quality of being luxuriant rank vigorous growth excessive abundance produced by rank growth...
Luxuriantly
In a luxuriant manner...
Luxuriation
The act or process of luxuriating...
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