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tax 
[taks] Pronunciation Key
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[taks] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
| 3. | (of a government)
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| 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. |
| 8. | to levy taxes. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME taxen < ML taxāre to tax, appraise, L: to appraise, handle, freq. of tangere to touch; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.]
] —Related forms
taxer, noun
tax·ing·ly, adverb
taxless, adjective
tax·less·ly, adverb
tax·less·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| tax
(tāks) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. taxed, tax·ing, tax·es
[Middle English, from taxen, to tax, from Old French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxāre, from Latin, to touch, reproach, reckon, frequentative of tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.] tax'er n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tax (v.)
tax (v.)
c.1290, 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" is from 1569. Use in Luke ii for Gk. apographein "to enter on a list, enroll" is due to Tyndale. The noun is recorded from 1327. Tax shelter is attested from 1961; taxpayer from 1816.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| tax | |
noun | |
| 1. | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government |
verb | |
| 1. | levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" |
| 2. | set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) |
| 3. | use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" |
| 4. | make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
tax
In addition to the idiom beginning with tax, also see death and taxes.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: tax
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix
1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court)
2 : to levy a tax on <tax the corporation> <tax capital gains> —tax·er noun
Main Entry: tax
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix
1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court)
2 : to levy a tax on <tax the corporation> <tax capital gains> —tax·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: tax
Function: noun
often attrib 1 : a charge usually of money imposed by legislative or other public authority upon persons or property for public purposes
2 : a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses
Main Entry: tax
Function: noun
often attrib 1 : a charge usually of money imposed by legislative or other public authority upon persons or property for public purposes
2 : a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Tax
Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task, Taste.]1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like. Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc. (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. 2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. 3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Tax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing.] [Cf. F. taxer. See Tax, n.]1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government. We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. --Franklin. 2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. 3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak. Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. --Dryden. Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M. Arnold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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