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.

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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

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Words nearby tax

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I am right there with them ideologically, I mean, ‘Taxed Enough Already.’

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This allowance worked for the state (Maria Theresa taxed their production).

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I am conscious that while I have taxed your patience, I have given but an imperfect presentation of the subject.

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Besides this, mainly with a view to putting a stop to their reckless use by boys and others, pistols were to be taxed 1l.

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So far all the belligerent Governments have taxed on the timid side.

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Emperors and kings did indeed make their burdens heavy, and oft-times intolerable, but they taxed to maintain their governments.

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Everything we eat is taxed, and there is no exchequer that is not substantially supported by lovers of good living.

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British Dictionary definitions for taxed

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 taxed

tax

In addition to the idiom beginning with tax

tax with

also see:

death and taxes

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