单词 | taxable |
释义 | taxableadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > taxed > liable to be taxable1474 guildable1495 talliable1531 layablec1599 finablec1600 tallageable1778 1474 Rolls of Parl. VI. 115/2 Which to the Dismes with the Possessions of the Clergie be not taxed nor taxable. 1551 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 207 The same to be taxable..to suche taxe and tallenge as shall be uppon hym taxed and sessyd. 1569 Abp. M. Parker Let. 18 May in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 348 Benefices of xxx li. and upward taxable to the provision of armour. 2. Liable to be taxed; subject to a tax or duty.In quot. 1685, liable to the taille in France, from which nobles were exempt. ΚΠ 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xcv. 587 Whereas there are some persons which are still taxable (as they terme it)..whether it be in their goods or in their persons. 1647 in W. W. Hening Statutes at Large: Coll. Laws Virginia (1823) I. 341 A just and exact list of all taxable goods, land and tithable persons. 1683 Apol. Protestants France iii. 2 They ruine all the Protestants that are Taxable in France. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. xv. 68 Both himself and his Posterity [were] declared ignoble, taxable, and for ever incapable of bearing arms. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. VI. 319 This structure is reckoned a taxable house. 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 123 To learn..the taxable capacities of their farms. 1870 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 432 The consumers of taxable commodities had no reason to complain of Mr. Lowe's Budget. 1908 Daily Chron. 11 Jan. 4/3 He forgot that if taxation has increased, so also has what the politicians call ‘taxable capacity’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > capable of being charged taxable1610 chargeable1654 objectable1656 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy to lackc1330 faulty1380 blameable1387 blameworthy1387 blamefulc1430 accusablea1525 wity1530 faultworthy1586 demeritorious1593 culpable1604 obnoxious1604 taxable1610 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xix. 777 To affect soueraignty..is..taxable of indecencie. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 402 Men..worthily taxeable with this doctrine. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 266 Not taxable with any vice. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 10 Nor..were they ever taxable for a too earthly and downward disposition of Soul. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 2. 12 The Old Bachelor was thought to be too taxable a shape to appear in. 4. Law. Of legal costs or fees: Liable to be taxed or reduced by the taxing-master. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > liable to be reduced (of fees) taxable1828 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [adjective] > liable to be reduced (of legal fees or costs) taxable1828 1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Taxable..2. That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintif or defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs. 1885 Law Times 14 Feb. 286/2 The fees of a manor steward as such, though a solicitor, are not taxable. B. n. One who or that which is subject to taxation; esp. in plural persons or things liable to a tax. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > liability to taxation > person liable taxable1662 1662 in Mag. Amer. Hist. Jan. (1884) 39 (Act of Assembly, Maryland) That every householder and freeman..should take up ten shillings per poll..for every taxable under their charge and custody. 1701 Maryland Laws (1723) v. 17 To levy such Tax by the Poll on the Taxables of such Parishes. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 32 He..was for their voting..according to the number of taxables. 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome x. 565 Thus, the population was divided in the language into horsemen and taxables. Derivatives taxaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > liability to taxation taxability1804 tallageability1888 1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 351 When one considers the easy taxability of the rent derived from all this shipping, and of that yielded by our lands, houses, [and] machines. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvii. 289 The citizenship with its attendant taxability was bestowed on many. ˈtaxableness n. the quality or condition of being taxable; liability to taxation. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Taxableness, Taxably. ˈtaxably adv. in a taxable manner; in quot. 1906, in relation to taxability. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adverb] > taxably taxably1906 1906 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 94 Its Lowland-Scots virtues of thrift and adhesiveness, which made the province taxably so capable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1474 |
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