| 单词 | tax |
| 释义 | tax —taxer, n. —taxingly, adv. —taxless, adj. —taxlessly, adv. —taxlessness, n. /taks/, n. 1. a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc. 2. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand. v.t. 3. (of a government) a. to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.). b. 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. 4. to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one's resources. 5. to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness. 6. Informal. to charge: What did he tax you for that? 7. Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of. v.i. 8. to levy taxes. [1250-1300; (v.) ME taxen < ML taxare to tax, appraise, L: to appraise, handle, freq. of tangere to touch; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch. |
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