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tax
1[ taks ]
noun
- a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
- a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.
verb (used with object)
- (of a government)
- to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.).
- to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of (income, goods, sales, etc.), usually in proportion to the value of money involved.
- to lay a burden on; make serious demands on:
to tax one's resources.
Synonyms: , ,
- to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse:
to tax one with laziness.
- Informal. to charge:
did he tax you for that?
- Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.
verb (used without object)
- to levy taxes.
tax-
2- variant of taxo- before a vowel:
taxeme.
tax
/ æ /
noun
- a compulsory financial contribution imposed by a government to raise revenue, levied on the income or property of persons or organizations, on the production costs or sales prices of goods and services, etc
- a heavy demand on something; strain
a tax on our resources
verb
- to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)
- to make heavy demands on; strain
to tax one's intellect
- to accuse, charge, or blame
he was taxed with the crime
- to determine (the amount legally chargeable or allowable to a party to a legal action), as by examining the solicitor's bill of costs
to tax costs
- slang.to steal
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٲİ noun
- ٲiԲ· adverb
- ٲl adjective
- ٲl·ly adverb
- ٲl·ness noun
- t·ٲ adjective
- ԴDz·ٲ noun adjective
- non·ٲİ noun
- ·ٲ adjective
- ·ٲ verb (used with object)
- -ٲ adjective
- sub·ٲİ noun
- ܲd·ٲ adjective
- ܲ·ٲ verb (used with object)
- ɱ-ٲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tax1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tax1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with tax , also see death and taxes .Example Sentences
The report is the most comprehensive reading of how the world's largest economy is holding up following the introduction of import taxes by President Donald Trump, which has scrambled global trade and created major uncertainty.
Texas, in addition to having no personal income tax or estate tax, has a $7.25 minimum wage and a right-to-work law.
Attaining that elusive precision will be increasingly important as both the city’s ULA “mansion tax” and the countywide Measure A sales tax begin to direct millions of dollars into homelessness prevention.
He collected an additional $115,962 stipend from the union, according to its most recent federal tax filing.
Capitol in their religious regalia reflecting their diverse faith traditions to protest an "immoral proposed budget that would slash essential aid for the most vulnerable to give tax breaks to billionaires."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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