Taxa de autorizare este mare.

The permit fee is high.

Breakdown of Taxa de autorizare este mare.

• a fi: to be
• mare: high
• taxa de autorizare: the permit fee

Questions & Answers about Taxa de autorizare este mare.

Why is it taxa and not taxă?

Taxă is the basic dictionary form, meaning a fee / a tax.

Taxa is the definite form, meaning the fee.

So:

• taxă = a fee
• taxa = the fee

In Taxa de autorizare este mare, taxa means the authorization fee / the licensing fee.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.

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What does de autorizare mean here?

De autorizare means something like for authorization or for licensing.

So taxa de autorizare is:

• authorization fee
• licensing fee
• literally: the fee of authorization

This is a very common Romanian structure:

• taxă de drum = road tax
• sală de sport = gym / sports hall
• cerere de înscriere = enrollment application

The pattern noun + de + noun often works like an English compound noun.

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