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 untaxed

But the trio decided to finance their healthcare expansion by placing a cap on untaxed health benefits.

When Conservatives Cry Wolf |Michael Tomasky |February 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Lastly, and more important than all, the duke made no attempt to revive the demand for the gabelle—salt was left free and untaxed.

Charles the Bold |Ruth Putnam
Untaxed property in any community adds heavily to the common burden.

Exempting the Churches |James F. Morton. Jr.
As an illuminant the untaxed alcohol is bound to introduce some interesting as well as novel conditions.

A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products |F. B. Wright

Our markets were open to them untaxed, whilst our own manufactures paid 20 per cent.

The German War |Arthur Conan Doyle
Exports are untaxed until they reach a certain height above normal price.

South America and the War |F. A. Kirkpatrick

British Dictionary definitions for untaxed (1 of 2)

untaxed

/ (ʌnˈtækst) /

adjective

not subject to taxation

British Dictionary definitions for untaxed (2 of 2)

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 untaxed

tax

In addition to the idiom beginning with tax

tax with

also see:

death and taxes

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British Dictionary definitions for untaxed (1 of 2)

adjective

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noun

verb (tr)

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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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

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British Dictionary definitions for untaxed (2 of 2)

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of tax

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