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   tax

   /taks/

   noun

   • 1. a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions: "higher taxes will dampen consumer spending" Similar levytariffdutytollexciseimpostcontributionassessmenttributetithechargefeeliabilitycustomsduescessOpposite rebate
   • 2. a strain or heavy demand: "a heavy tax on the reader's attention" Similar burdenloadweightencumbrancedemandstrainpressurestressdrainimpositionresponsibilitydutyonusobligationcareworry

   verb

   • 1. impose a tax on (someone or something): "the income will be taxed at the top rate" Similar levy a tax onimpose a toll oncharge duty onexact a tax ondemand a tax onassesschargetitherare:mulct
   • ▪ pay tax on (something, especially a vehicle): "the Land Rover slowly disintegrates and no one has bothered to tax it"
   • 2. make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources): "she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength" Similar strainstretchput a strain onmake demands onweigh heavily onweigh downburdenloadoverloadencumberpushpush too faroverwhelmtrytaskwear outexhaustsapdrainemptyenervatefatiguetirewearyweakenoverwork
   • 3. confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing: "why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations?" Similar confrontaccusecall to accountchargeblamecensurecondemndenounceprosecutebring charges againstindictarraignincriminateimpeachinformal:point the finger atOpposite clearexonerate
   • 4. examine and assess (the costs of a case): "an officer taxing a bill of costs"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘estimate or determine the amount of a penalty or damages’, surviving in tax (sense 4 of the verb)): from Old French taxer, from Latin taxare ‘to censure, charge, compute’, perhaps from Greek tassein ‘fix’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. taxer noun
   • 2. taxless adjective

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