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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 government says the tax changes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves were needed to stabilise the economy.
In April 2023, Manchester became the first city in the UK to introduce a "tourist tax".
The news of decreasing film production in Los Angeles comes as lawmakers continue pushing for a revamped film and TV tax incentive program.
Second, while the administration touts tariffs as a revenue generator from foreign manufacturers, the reality is that tariffs inevitably become taxes on American consumers.
Trump imposed import taxes of up to 145% on Chinese goods coming into the US and China hit back with a 125% tax on American products.
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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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