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tax
1[ taks ]
noun
- a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
- a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.
verb (used with object)
- (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.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to levy taxes.
tax-
2- variant of taxo- before a vowel:
taxeme.
tax
/ æ /
noun
- 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
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٲ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ٲİ noun
- ٲiԲ· adverb
- ٲl adjective
- ٲl·ly adverb
- ٲl·ness noun
- t·ٲ adjective
- ԴDz·ٲ noun adjective
- non·ٲİ noun
- ·ٲ adjective
- ·ٲ verb (used with object)
- -ٲ adjective
- sub·ٲİ noun
- ܲd·ٲ adjective
- ܲ·ٲ verb (used with object)
- ɱ-ٲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tax1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tax1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with tax , also see death and taxes .Example Sentences
By the time you factor in interest and taxes, Nike's profit margin has shrunk to roughly 11%.
Outside the restaurant, some Delta locals considered the possible upsides of these import taxes.
A new analysis from UCLA’s Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies authored by Michael Manville and Mott Smith claims that the so-called “mansion tax” has slowed down sales, especially for commercial properties.
The Grassley-Cantwell bill marks the second time senators pushed back on Trump’s new import taxes in just a week.
Getting a leg up in life — or just being financially comfortable — is an increasingly difficult solace to attain, blocked by tax breaks for the rich, incessant bills and unaffordable housing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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