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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtæks/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tæks/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(taks)

tax /tæks/USA pronunciation n.

Governmenta sum of money paid to a government for its support, based on income, etc.: [uncountable]a burdensome income tax.[countable]to rebel against paying new taxes.

v. [~ + object]

Government(of a government)
- to put or impose a tax on (a person or business):The government taxes its citizens according to their ability to pay.
- to demand a tax on (goods, etc.):Income and savings would both be taxed.
to make serious demands on (someone);
burden;
strain:Putting the children through college taxes our financial resources.

tax•a•ble, adj.
tax•a•tion, n. [uncountable]See -tact-.

tax (taks),USA pronunciation n.

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.

v.t.

(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 Termsto charge:What did he tax you for that?
[Archaic.]to estimate or determine the amount or value of.

v.i.

to levy taxes.

Medieval Latin taxāre to tax, appraise, Latin: to appraise, handle, frequentative of tangere to touch; (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
(verb, verbal) Middle English taxen 1250–1300

tax′er, n.
tax′ing•ly, adv.
tax′less, adj.
tax′less•ly, adv.
tax′less•ness, n.

tax-,

var. of taxo- before a vowel:taxeme.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tax /tæks/ n

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

vb (transitive)

to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)
to make heavy demands on; strain
to accuse, charge, or blame
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

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touchˈtaxer n

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In Lists: Lawyers, Regular payments, Accounting terms, more...

Synonyms: levy, duty, tariff, VAT, value-added tax, more...

Collocations: [income, sales, corporation, inheritance] tax, tax the [people, population, town], a [low] tax [bracket, category, group], more...

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