What does pump mean in this passage? (The economist)
Taxing fuel is one of the more efficient ways of getting motorists to pay for public infrastructure. Collected at the pump, the tax is cheap to administer, difficult to avoid, and charges only for what the consumer actually uses. But not all taxes collected at the pump are ploughed back into infrastructure. The state and local taxes on fuel, unlike the federal ones, can be used for other purposes, and frequently are.
Taxes collected at the pump.
What does pump mean in the passage ?
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