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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.
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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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
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
Synonyms
1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.
1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.
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sɪs noun, plural tax·es 
[tak-seez] .
[tak-seez] . 1.
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
2.
Biology. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light.
3.
Surgery. the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting.
4.
Architecture. the adaptation to the purposes of a building of its various parts.
Origin:
1720–30; < Neo-Latin < Greek táxis, equivalent to tak- (base of tássein to arrange, put in order) + -sis -sis
1720–30; < Neo-Latin < Greek táxis, equivalent to tak- (base of tássein to arrange, put in order) + -sis -sis
noun
a plural of taxi.
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tax (tæks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| taxis (ˈtæksɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the movement of a cell or organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus |
| 2. | surgery the repositioning of a displaced organ or part by manual manipulation only |
| [C18: via New Latin from Greek: arrangement, from tassein to place in order] | |
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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"
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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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Taxes definition
first mentioned in the command (Ex. 30:11-16) that every Jew from twenty years and upward should pay an annual tax of "half a shekel for an offering to the Lord." This enactment was faithfully observed for many generations (2 Chr. 24:6; Matt. 17:24). Afterwards, when the people had kings to reign over them, they began, as Samuel had warned them (1 Sam. 8:10-18), to pay taxes for civil purposes (1 Kings 4:7; 9:15; 12:4). Such taxes, in increased amount, were afterwards paid to the foreign princes that ruled over them. In the New Testament the payment of taxes, imposed by lawful rulers, is enjoined as a duty (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Pet. 2:13, 14). Mention is made of the tax (telos) on merchandise and travellers (Matt. 17:25); the annual tax (phoros) on property (Luke 20:22; 23:2); the poll-tax (kensos, "tribute," Matt. 17:25; 22:17; Mark 12:14); and the temple-tax ("tribute money" = two drachmas = half shekel, Matt. 17:24-27; comp. Ex. 30:13). (See TRIBUTE.)
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Example sentences
State tax collectors are getting aggressive about billing smokers for taxes on online tobacco purchases.
Winner is responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes.
Another way to do it is compare specific items, such as taxes.
Most colleges and universities are non-profit and as such don't pay taxes.
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