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–adjective

wearingly burdensome: the day-to-day, taxing duties of a supervisor.

[Origin: 1790–1800; tax + -ing²

]

—Related forms

tax·ing·ly, adverb

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n.

A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.
A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.
A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.

tr.v. taxed, tax·ing, tax·es

To place a tax on (income, property, or goods).
To exact a tax from.
Law To assess (court costs, for example).
To make difficult or excessive demands upon: a boss who taxed everyone's patience.
To make a charge against; accuse: He was taxed with failure to appear on the day appointed.

[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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tax·ing Audio Help (tāk'sĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Burdensome; wearing: a taxing business schedule.

tax'ing·ly adv.

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taxing
adjective
not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" [syn: burdensome]

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ˈtaxing adjective

mentally or physically difficult
Example: a taxing job

Arabic:	مُرْهِق جَسَدِياً وَعَقْلِيّا
Chinese (Simplified):	繁重的
Chinese (Traditional):	繁重的
Czech:	namáhavý
Danish:	udmattende
Dutch:	veel vergend
Estonian:	koormav
Finnish:	hankala
French:	éprouvant
German:	strapaziös
Greek:	ζόρικος, δύσκολος
Hungarian:	próbára tevő
Icelandic:	þreytandi, erfiður
Indonesian:	sulit
Italian:	gravoso

Japanese:	むずかしい
Korean:	힘든
Latvian:	grūts; saspringts
Lithuanian:	įtemptas, sunkus
Norwegian:	krevende, anstrengende
Polish:	uciążliwy
Portuguese (Brazil):	desgastante
Portuguese (Portugal):	pesado
Romanian:	solicitant
Russian:	обременительный
Slovak:	namáhavý
Slovenian:	naporen
Spanish:	agotador
Swedish:	påfrestande
Turkish:	zor

See also: tax (someone) with, taxable, taxpayer, tax-free, tax, taxation

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Taxing

(Luke 2:2; R.V., "enrolment"), "when Cyrenius was governor of Syria," is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occasion of Joseph and Mary's going up to Bethlehem. It has been argued by some that Cyrenius (q.v.) was governor of Cilicia and Syria both at the time of our Lord's birth and some years afterwards. This decree for the taxing referred to the whole Roman world, and not to Judea alone. (See CENSUS.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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