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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Taxed
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
8.
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.
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
EXPANDan·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.
1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.
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Etymonline
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"
EXPANDis 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.
COLLAPSE
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