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
2.
a heavy demand on something; strain
a tax on our resources
verb(transitive)
3.
to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)
4.
to make heavy demands on; strain
to tax one's intellect
5.
to accuse, charge, or blame
he was taxed with the crime
6.
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
7. slang
to steal
Derived forms
taxer (ˈtaxer)
noun
taxless (ˈtaxless)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch