tax
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.
(of a government)
to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.).
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.
to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one's resources.
to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.
Informal. to charge: What did he tax you for that?
Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.
to levy taxes.
Origin of tax
1Other words for tax
Other words from tax
- taxer, noun
- tax·ing·ly, adverb
- taxless, 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
Words that may be confused with tax
- tacks, tax
Other definitions for tax- (2 of 2)
variant of taxo- before a vowel: taxeme.
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How to use tax in a sentence
He'll be well taxed down here though, and he won't like that either.
The Princess and Curdie | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for tax
/ (tæks) /
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
a heavy demand on something; strain: a tax on our resources
to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)
to make heavy demands on; strain: to tax one's intellect
to accuse, charge, or blame: he was taxed with the crime
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
slang to steal
Origin of tax
1Derived forms of tax
- taxer, noun
- taxless, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with tax
In addition to the idiom beginning with tax
- tax with
also see:
- death and taxes
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