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English

Pronunciation


Etymology

From taxer "to impose a tax".

Noun

  1. Money paid to the government for financing public expenses.


Related terms

Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 稅 (shuì)
  • Crimean Tatar: bergi
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|daň|f}}
  • Danish: skat
  • Dutch:
  • Estonian:
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|impôt|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Steuer|f}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|tassa|f}}, {{t+|it|imposta|f}}
  • Japanese: 税 (zei), 税金 (zeikin)
  • Korean: 세금 (segeum)
  • Malayalam: കരം (karam), നികുതി (nikuthi)
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|podatek|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|imposto|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|taxă|f}}, {{t+|ro|impozit|n}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|налог|m|tr=nalóg|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: davek , davščina
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|impuesto|m}}, {{t-|es|tasa|f}}
  • Swedish:
  • Tamil: {{t|ta|வரி|xs=Tamil}} (vari)
  • Telugu: {{t|te|పన్ను|sc=Telu}} (pannu)
  • Thai: (paa-sĕe)

Verb

  1. To impose and collect a tax.


Translations

  • Czech:
  • Finnish:

See also

Category:1000 English basic words Category:Taxation

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Latin

Alternative spellings


Noun

tax

  1. an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack
  2. * w:Persa (play)|Persa by w:Plautus|Plautus
  3. *: Tax tax- tergum|tergo meus#Latin|meo sum#Latin|erit. non#Latin|Non curo.
  4. *:: My back will get whack, whack. I don't care.
  5. *::: (Whack whack- it will be upon my back. I don't care.)


Category:Latin nouns Category:la:Onomatopoeia

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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:
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(a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
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A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay.
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(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.
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(c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
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2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
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3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
tax on time or health.
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4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
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Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tax \Tax\ (t[a^]ks), 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.
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We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride,
and folly than we are taxed by government.
--Franklin.
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2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount
of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
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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.
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I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak.
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Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have
taxed their crimes. --Dryden.
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Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M.
Arnold.
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WordNet tax
n : charge against a citizen's person or property or activity
for the support of government [syn: taxation, {revenue
enhancement}]
v 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)
[syn: assess]
3: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: task]
4: make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to
appear in court"
[also: taxes (pl)]
Moby Dictionary
accuse , allege , arraign , article , ask , assess , assessment ,
bear hard upon , blackmail , boodle , book , bring accusation ,
bring charges , bring to book , burden , burden with , burthen , busy ,
call , call for , cargo , cess , charge , charge for , cite , claim ,
complain , conscience money , contribution , cumber , customs , demand ,
demand for , denounce , denunciate , direct tax , draft , drain , drive ,
dues , duty , encumber , encumbrance , enjoin , exact , exaction , excise ,
exhaust , extortion , extortionate demand , fag , fasten on ,
fasten upon , finger , freight , freight with , giveaway ,
graduated taxation , hamper , handicap , hang something on , haul ,
heave , heavy demand , impeach , imply , impose , impose on ,
impose upon , imposition , impost , impute , indent , indict ,
indirect tax , inflict on , inflict upon , inform against , inform on ,
insinuate , insistent demand , joint return , keep busy , lade , lay ,
lay charges , lay on , levy , load , lodge a complaint , lodge a plaint ,
make dutiable , nonnegotiable demand , notice , onus , oppress , order ,
overburden , overcarrying , overdoing , overdrive , overemphasis ,
overexercise , overexert , overexertion , overexpenditure , overextend ,
overimportance , overload , overreaching , overreaction , overstrain ,
overtask , overtax , overtaxing , overuse , overweight , overwork ,
pin on , place , pork , prefer charges , press , press charges ,
press hard upon , pressure , pro rata , progressive tax , prorate ,
pull , put , put down , put on , put on report , put upon , rack , rates ,
report , reproach , require , requirement , requisition ,
rest hard upon , rush , rush order , saddle , saddle with , scot ,
separate returns , set , single tax , stick for , strain ,
strain every nerve , stress , stretch , subject to , supererogation ,
supertax , surtax , sweat , sweat blood , take to task , tariff , task ,
taunt with , tax base , tax dodging , tax evasion , tax exemption ,
tax return , tax structure , tax withholding , tax-exempt status ,
taxable income , taxation , taxing , tense , tithe , toll , tribute , try ,
tug , twit , ultimatum , warning , weigh , weigh down , weigh heavy on ,
weigh on , weigh upon , weight , weight down with , withholding tax ,
work , yoke with


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