3. (noun)TAX 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
4. (noun)TAX a sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses
5. (noun)TAX a task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject
6. (noun)TAX a disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health
9. (noun)TAX 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
10. (noun)TAX to assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court
11. (noun)TAX 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
Sense: money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state income tax; a tax on tobacco.