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overtax

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o⋅ver⋅tax

  [oh-ver-taks]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to tax too heavily.
2. to make too great demands on.
Origin:
1640–50; over- + tax

Related forms:
o⋅ver⋅tax⋅a⋅tion, noun
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o·ver·tax   (ō'vər-tāks')   
tr.v.   o·ver·taxed, o·ver·tax·ing, o·ver·tax·es

  1. To subject to an excessive burden or strain.

  2. To tax in excess of what is considered appropriate or just.

o'ver·tax·a'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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