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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-
2variant of taxo- before a vowel.
taxeme.
tax
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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
slangto steal
Other Word Forms
- taxer noun
- taxingly adverb
- taxless adjective
- taxlessly adverb
- taxlessness noun
- antitax adjective
- nontax noun
- nontaxer noun
- protax adjective
- retax verb (used with object)
- self-taxed adjective
- subtaxer noun
- undertaxed adjective
- untax verb (used with object)
- well-taxed adjective
- ˈٲ adjective
- ˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tax1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tax1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
He said the UK economy needed to be "much stronger" to cope with the challenges it is now facing, adding that the government had made the wrong choices by increasing taxes on business.
“These immigrants work hard. They pay Social Security and other taxes. They just want to live,” said Abad.
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars.
Tens upon tens of billions of pounds of taxes and borrowing for public services and long-term projects, like rail lines and power stations.
The conservation group used an innovative funding strategy, assembling $56 million from foundations, corporations and philanthropists, as well as other sources such as tax credits, public grants and the sale of carbon credits.
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