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[taks]

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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.

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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.

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verb (used without object)

to levy taxes.

Origin:
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.

Related forms

tax·er, noun

tax·ing·ly, adverb

tax·less, adjective

tax·less·ly, adverb

tax·less·ness, noun

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an·ti·tax, adjective

non·tax, noun, adjective

non·tax·er, noun

pro·tax, adjective

re·tax, verb (used with object)

self-taxed, adjective

sub·tax·er, noun

un·der·taxed, adjective

un·tax, verb (used with object)

well-taxed, adjective

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: tacks, tax.

Synonyms
1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.

Example Sentences

Even in good times, tax reform poses steep political challenges.

Most academicians are not going to be in the tax bracket in which they would be able to itemize.

Tobacco companies are routinely threatened with every tax and sales restriction going, and are perennial fixtures on the list.

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Even in good times, tax reform poses steep political challenges.

Most academicians are not going to be in the tax bracket in which they would be able to itemize.

Tobacco companies are routinely threatened with every tax and sales restriction going, and are perennial fixtures on the list.

Check with your tax adviser or solar vendor for information on current federal incentives.

States and localities undermine tax progressiveness.

Local tax and shipping charges will be applied by region.

State tax collectors are getting aggressive about billing smokers for taxes on online tobacco purchases.

Spending on unemployment benefits rises while tax receipts from incomes falls.

Finance authorities were told to consider tax measures to discourage plastic bag production and sale.

Another reason to consider going solar in one fashion or another is tax incentives.

Do it before the end of the year and you'll get a tax break this year.

The line is getting longer for those who want to slap a tax on iPod owners.

Yes, tax the rich, but also tax consumption for all consumers.

But federal and state tax incentives are making these systems more affordable.

Avoid a general carbon tax at the border, do a separate one for the few industries that really need one.

Many state governments are asking taxpayers to declare their e-commerce purchases when they file tax returns.

But some have less room to raise tax rates than others.

Review federal tax incentives, which change year to year.

After that if there is a tax surplus fund some future investment only.

Oregon is considering eliminating its state gasoline tax and instead taxing drivers based on where and when they drive.

Most countries tax petrol, but the extent to which they do so varies enormously.

Current law allows extended tax credits to developers of wind and solar power.

The solution is to tax non renewable energy and subsidize renewable energy.

Tax collectors are seeing a spike in electronically filed tax returns.

Offshore financial centres are booming, thanks to their easy-going tax regimes.

Other researchers called it a total waste of the nation's tax dollars and food resources.

If it still does not come out to zero, throw in the cost of providing oil subsidies and tax breaks for oil companies.

For starters, the current sluggish economy has choked tax revenues and made it difficult and expensive to borrow money.

The environmental companies will need workers, ie more jobs and therefore more tax revenue.

Quite often, our tax dollars are also having to pay the medical/health costs resulting from the poor food choices.

With the help of minority group blocs, voters soundly rejected the tax.

To implement a fuel tax or carbon tax to raise revenue for a country may well be effective.

The current tax would be more the the cost of the electricty.

Another round of tax cuts for the wealthy should prevent that.

And of course, we'll have to take money from the poor, sick and elderly to pay for all of that and the tax cut to the rich.

The tax package includes an extension for renewable energy grants and a tax credit for ethanol producers.

Basically, the tax breaks only help businesses by reducing the amount of tax that they pay.

Governments worldwide are considering changes to how they tax road.

The first carbon tax to reduce the greenhouse gases from imports comes not between two nations, but between two states.

There is one small problem: temporary tax cuts rarely result.

Another thing for lecturers is a hardly publicised tax allowance for working at home.

The tax also would provide tax rebates on plug-in hybrid cars.

Businesses are planning to use a new tax arrangement to provide financing for energy efficiency upgrades with no upfront cost.

It would be meaningful if congress were asked to vote on legislation that would essentially force them to tax themselves.

But the best of them are more than tax havens: they are good for the.

Part of each payment is free from federal income tax for a designated period of time.

Diesels are fuel efficient and practical, but they're dogged by a reputation for being about as much fun as a tax audit.

If you've invested in mutual funds, you may be able to take several steps to lower your tax payments.

Your tax withholding will be reduced, softening the hit to your take-home pay.

To avoid the carbon tax penalizing the poor, about half of the new revenues will be returned to citizens in the form of.

Their increased tax contribution will not be sufficient to balance the books.

We don't spend our money giving companies tax breaks to come here or to stay here.

Innocuous as this may seem, being generous can also subject you to gift tax.

These will also reduce your taxable income because this is taken out before you pay tax on your salary.

But the best of them are more than tax havens: they are good for the global financial.

There can be a combination of income, capital gain, and estate tax savings.

And from that income get an income tax cut and help switching to more eff homes, transport.

Pop-up beard trimmer is duller than a tax appointment and doesn't lock in place.

Charities worry that their fund-raising tax advantage could be eliminated in a deficit reduction move.

On top of that are the billions government provides in subsidies to farmers and tax breaks for homeowners and business.

Science oft resembles the federal tax code: the rules are rigid, but they also keep changing.

Far more personal information is available from data brokers, including aliases, bankruptcy records and tax liens.

The second bipartisan panel to issue a big deficit report has come out in favor of a tax on soda and other sweetened beverages.

Of course, when it comes time to collect, the president will be required to pay income tax.

Gay couples have complicated financial lives, and preparing their tax returns is no exception.

The problem with using income tax rates is that it is progressive tax.

Simple to control importation of mercury or tax it highly to encourage recycling.

With family income shrinking, and tax revenues dwindling, choices had to be made.

With tax incentives, solar electricity can often pay for itself in five to ten years.

There are tax incentives, loan guarantees and direct payments.

Your darn right that the people of a state have the right to know where their tax dollars are going.

Thousands of pieces of raw and worked ivory were confiscated and workers were charged with tax and import violations.

The solution is to simply allow the charity to issue the voucher in lieu of the tax deduction.

As state tax revenues plummet, some lawmakers and higher.

These neurons are then presumably available to aid in situations that tax the mind.

The plan uses tax credits, loan guarantees and other incentives to promote building retrofits.

Two possible alternatives: a modified cap-and-trade program or a tax on carbon emissions.

Harm charges, for example, impose a tax on companies that produce specific.

Most of the tax payers that paid for these experiments are now dead.

The present admin is cutting off exploration by removing the tax deduction or preventing access to land or sea leases.

But hey, lets solve the problem by giving tax breaks to the elite corporatists.

First,our tax dollars built the internet and allows everyone to use it to as they see fit.

There is only one viable solution thats government owned electrical grids and installations on tax payers money.

The ability to run without any subsidies from the now discredited carbon sequestration/cap and trade/carbon tax boondoggles.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

variant of taxo- before a vowel: taxeme.

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World English Dictionary

tax (tæks)

—n
1.	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

—vb
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

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

'taxer

—n

'taxless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

tax

late 13c., from O.Fr. taxer "impose a tax" (13c.), from L. taxare "evaluate, estimate, assess, handle," also "censure, charge," probably a frequentative form of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "burden, put a strain on" first recorded 1672; that of "censure, reprove"

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is from 1560s. Use in Luke ii for Gk. apographein "to enter on a list, enroll" is due to Tyndale. The noun is recorded from early 14c. Tax shelter is attested from 1961; taxpayer from 1816.

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

tax

In addition to the idiom beginning with tax, also see death and taxes.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

tax

imposition of compulsory levies on individuals or entities by governments. Taxes are levied in almost every country of the world, primarily to raise revenue for government expenditures, although they serve other purposes as well.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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"People buy their necessities in shops and have to pay dearly for them because they have to assist in paying for what is also on sale there but only rarely finds purchasers: the luxury and amusement goods. So it is that luxury continually imposes a tax on the simple people who have to do without it."

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