demandtax
/dɪˈmɑːndˌtæks/nounVerified NewThe surcharge, formal or algorithmic, attached to wanting something at the same moment everyone else does.
Concert seats reprice by the minute, ride fares multiply in rain, hotel rooms bloom on holiday weekends. The sticker price turns out to be a starting bid, and the tax is collected precisely from those who have no time to wait.
Etym. — demand + tax — pricing framed as a levy on urgency and simultaneity rather than on the good itself.
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