tax

[ taks ]

/ tæks /

noun

a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.

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.

to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.

Informal. to charge: What did he tax you for that?

Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.

verb (used without object)

to levy taxes.

Origin of tax

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English taxen < Medieval Latin taxāre to tax, appraise, Latin: to appraise, handle, frequentative of tangere to touch; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR tax

1 duty, impost, levy.

4 strain, tire, stretch.

OTHER WORDS FROM tax

tax·er, noun tax·ing·ly, adverb tax·less, adjective tax·less·ly, adverb

tax·less·ness, noun an·ti·tax, adjective non·tax, noun, adjective non·tax·er, noun pro·tax, adjective re·tax, verb (used with object) self-taxed, adjective sub·tax·er, noun un·der·taxed, adjective un·tax, verb (used with object) well-taxed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tax

tacks tax

Words nearby tax

tawny owl, tawny pipit, tawpie, taws, tawse, tax, tax avoidance, tax break, tax certificate, tax credit, tax deduction

Example sentences from the Web for antitax

The antitax phobia that has taken hold of the GOP remains the biggest obstacle to reaching a deal.

Supercommittee, Super Stakes |Eleanor Clift |November 3, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Not that the U.S. isn't in trouble—the radicalism of the antitax Republicans jeopardized the United States' solvency, he writes.

S&P: Debt Downgrade Analysis Was 'Objective' | |August 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for antitax

tax

/ (tæks) /

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 (tr)

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 of tax

taxer, noun taxless, adjective

Word Origin for tax

C13: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch

Idioms and Phrases with antitax

tax

In addition to the idiom beginning with tax

tax with

also see:

death and taxes

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

tax

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of tax

SYNONYMS FOR tax

OTHER WORDS FROM tax

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tax

Words nearby tax

Example sentences from the Web for antitax

British Dictionary definitions for antitax

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of tax

Word Origin for tax

Idioms and Phrases with antitax

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

tax

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of tax

SYNONYMS FOR tax

OTHER WORDS FROM tax

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tax

Words nearby tax

Example sentences from the Web for antitax

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []) .push({}); British Dictionary definitions for antitax

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of tax

Word Origin for tax

Idioms and Phrases with antitax

British Dictionary definitions for antitax