tax

[ taks ]

/ tæks /

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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

taxer, nountax·ing·ly, adverbtaxless, adjectivetax·less·ly, adverb

tax·less·ness, nounan·ti·tax, adjectivenon·tax, noun, adjectivenon·tax·er, nounpro·tax, adjectivere·tax, verb (used with object)self-taxed, adjectivesub·tax·er, nounun·der·taxed, adjectiveun·tax, verb (used with object)well-taxed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tax

tacks, tax

Definition for tax (2 of 2)

tax-

variant of taxo- before a vowel: taxeme.

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British Dictionary definitions for tax

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; straina tax on our resources

verb (tr)

to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)

to make heavy demands on; strainto tax one's intellect

to accuse, charge, or blamehe 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 coststo tax costs

slang to steal

Derived forms of tax

taxer, nountaxless, adjective

Word Origin for tax

C13: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch

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Idioms and Phrases with tax

tax

In addition to the idiom beginning with tax

tax with

also see:

death and taxes

单词	tax
释义	tax [ taks ] / tæks / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tax ON THESAURUS.COM 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. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tax ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tax taxer, nountax·ing·ly, adverbtaxless, adjectivetax·less·ly, adverb tax·less·ness, nounan·ti·tax, adjectivenon·tax, noun, adjectivenon·tax·er, nounpro·tax, adjectivere·tax, verb (used with object)self-taxed, adjectivesub·tax·er, nounun·der·taxed, adjectiveun·tax, verb (used with object)well-taxed, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tax tacks, tax Definition for tax (2 of 2) tax- variant of taxo- before a vowel: taxeme. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tax 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; straina tax on our resources verb (tr) to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc) to make heavy demands on; strainto tax one's intellect to accuse, charge, or blamehe 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 coststo tax costs slang to steal Derived forms of tax taxer, nountaxless, adjective Word Origin for tax C13: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with tax tax In addition to the idiom beginning with tax tax with also see: death and taxes The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to tax duty, levy, fine, price, rate, cost, contribution, expense, tariff, charge, assess, impose, enact, exhaust, weaken, overtax, excise, obligation, salvage, bite
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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

Definition for tax (2 of 2)

British Dictionary definitions for tax

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of tax

Word Origin for tax

Idioms and Phrases with tax

Words related to tax