What does tax mean?
Definitions for tax
tækstax
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tax.
Princeton's WordNet
tax, taxation, revenue enhancementverb
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
taxverb
levy a tax on
"The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
tax, assessverb
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
tax, taskverb
use to the limit
"you are taxing my patience"
taxverb
make a charge against or accuse
"They taxed him failure to appear in court"
Wiktionary
taxnoun
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
taxnoun
A burdensome demand.
taxverb
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
taxverb
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
taxverb
To make excessive demands on.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Taxnoun
Etymology: tâsg, Welsh; taxe, French; taxe, Dutch.
He says Quintus Horatius Flaccus, being the son of a tax gatherer or collector, smells everywhere of the meanness of his birth. Dryden.
With wars and taxes others waste their own,
And houses burn, and houshold gods deface,
To drink in bowls which glittering gems enchase. Dryden.The tax upon tillage was two shillings in the pound in arable land, and four in plantations: this tax was often levied in kind upon corn, and called decumæ or tithes. Arbuthnot.
He could not without grief of heart, and without some tax upon himself and his ministers for the not executing the laws, look upon the bold licence of some pamphlets. Edward Hyde.
To Taxverb
Etymology: taxer, Fr. from the noun.
Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money. 2 Kings xxiii. 35.
How many hath he killed? I promised to eat all of his killing. ———— Niece, you tax signior Benedick too much; but he’ll be meet with you. William Shakespeare.
I am not justly to be taxed with any presumption for meddling with matters wherein I have no dealing. Walter Raleigh.
Tax not divine disposal, wisest men
Have err’d, and by bad women been deceiv’d. John Milton.They cannot tax others omissions towards them without a tacit reproach of their own. Decay of Piety.
He taxed not nor Virgil for interesting their gods in the wars of Troy and Italy; neither would he have taxed John Milton for his choice of a supernatural argument. Dryden.
Mens virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. Dryden.
He call’d him back aloud, and tax’d his fear;
And sure enough he heard, but durst not hear. Dryden.Like some rich and mighty murderer,
Too great for prison which he breaks with gold,
Who fresher for new mischief does appear,
And dares the world to tax him with the old. Dryden.If this be chance, it is extraordinary; and I dare not call it more, for fear of being taxed with superstition. Dryden.
If he taxes both of long delay,
My guilt is less, who sooner came away. Dryden.This salutation cannot be taxed with flattery, since it was directed to a prince, of whom it had been happy for Rome if he had never been born, or if he had never died. Addison.
ChatGPT
tax
A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund public expenditure and various government services. Failure to pay, along with evasion or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law.
Webster Dictionary
Taxnoun
a charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority
Taxnoun
a charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government
Taxnoun
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
Taxnoun
a sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses
Taxnoun
a task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject
Taxnoun
a disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health
Taxnoun
charge; censure
Taxnoun
a lesson to be learned; a task
Taxnoun
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
Taxnoun
to assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court
Taxnoun
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
Wikidata
Tax
A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many administrative divisions. Taxes consist of direct or indirect taxes and may be paid in money or as its labour equivalent. According to Black's Law Dictionary, a tax is a "pecuniary burden laid upon individuals or property owners to support the government [...] a payment exacted by legislative authority." It "is not a voluntary payment or donation, but an enforced contribution, exacted pursuant to legislative authority" and is "any contribution imposed by government [...] whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabel, impost, duty, custom, excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name."
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tax
taks, n. a rate imposed on property or persons for the benefit of the state: anything imposed: a burdensome duty.—v.t. to lay a tax on: to register or enrol for fiscal purposes (Luke ii. 1): to burden: to accuse: to examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.—ns. Taxabil′ity, Tax′ableness.—adj. Tax′able, capable of being, or liable to be, taxed—adv. Tax′ably.—ns. Taxā′tion, act of taxing; Tax′-cart, a light spring-cart; Tax′er.—adj. Tax′free, exempt from taxation.—ns. Tax′-gath′erer; Taxim′eter (see Addenda); Tax′ing-mas′ter, an officer of a court of law who examines bills of costs; Tax′-pay′er. [Fr. taxe, a tax—L. taxāre, to handle, value, charge—tangĕre to touch.]
Rap Dictionary
taxverb
To rob. "Stick up kids are out to tax" -- Gangstarr (Just To Get A Rep).
taxverb
To take away something after you kick a sucka's ass."and Ima tax that ass like the government" -- BDK (Pimpin ain't easy).
taxverb
To dig into or estimate, I'm gonna tax that ass.
Editors Contribution
tax
An amount of money a person and employee of all types of businesses, companies, enterprises, social enterprises, organizations and all forms of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government pays to contribute to the income of a community, region, country, european unity government or international unity government for an accurate, specific, prioritized and just purpose ensuring discussion and agreement with citizens and electorate of the specific unity government.
We all must ensure we pay a just sufficient tax to contribute justly to society.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
tax
To levy a tax.
The government does levy various types of taxes across society.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TAX
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tax is ranked #30277 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tax surname appeared 773 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tax.
64.9% or 502 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
31.8% or 246 total occurrences were White.
1.1% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tax' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #617
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tax' in Written Corpus Frequency: #772
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tax' in Nouns Frequency: #203
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tax' in Verbs Frequency: #917
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tax in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tax in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of tax in a Sentence
I'm not willing to let our employers bear the unemployment debt burden caused by the pandemic. By repaying this loan in full, we ensure that Ohio businesses won't see increases in their federal unemployment payroll taxes, without this added tax burden, our employers can invest more money into their businesses and hire more staff.
If Donald Trump and Donald Trump family could get more than $ 880 million in special tax breaks to build a real estate empire, we can damn well make sure every kid in America gets a good education, even if Donald Trump and his family don't live in one of Mr. Trump's luxury apartment buildings, it's time for Donald Trump and the top 1 % to pay a hell of a lot more in taxes than they are today.
The unique approach Ford brings will help build on my administration's approach to responsible management of the state's finances and prudent oversight of taxpayer funds, i look forward to his insights on fiscal and tax policy solutions that will continue growing our economy and bringing much-needed relief to the burden shouldered by New Jersey taxpayers.
The government is of the opinion that the Commission does not convincingly demonstrate that the tax authority deviated from the statutory provisions. It follows that there is no state aid involved.
You're going to pay a tax for every car and every truck and every part that comes across that southern border. You're going to pay a 35% tax, OK?
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Translations for tax
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- ضريبةArabic
- закатAvaric
- impost, taxaCatalan, Valencian
- danit, daňCzech
- treth, trethiWelsh
- beskatte, skatDanish
- besteuern, SteuerGerman
- φορολογώ, φόροςGreek
- imposto, impostiEsperanto
- tasa, impuestoSpanish
- maksEstonian
- مالیات, تاکسPersian
- vero, verottaaFinnish
- impôtFrench
- cíos, cáinIrish
- càin, cìsScottish Gaelic
- impostoGalician
- keeshManx
- करHindi
- megadóztat, adóHungarian
- հարկArmenian
- pajakIndonesian
- imposta, tassa, tasseItalian
- מַסHebrew
- 税金, 税, 租税Japanese
- გადასახადიGeorgian
- ತೆರಿಗೆKannada
- 稅金, 세금Korean
- باجKurdish
- tributum, vectīgalLatin
- mokestisLithuanian
- tākeMāori
- നികുതി, കരംMalayalam
- cukaiMalay
- belasting, taksDutch
- skattelegge, skatt, avgiftNorwegian
- ínáóltąʼíNavajo, Navaho
- podatekPolish
- tributo, imposto, taxar, tributarPortuguese
- impozit, taxă, dareRomanian
- налогRussian
- porez, порез, oporezívatiSerbo-Croatian
- davek, davščina, obdavčitiSlovene
- beskatta, skattSwedish
- ushuruSwahili
- வரிTamil
- పన్నుTelugu
- ภาษีThai
- vergiTurkish
- податковийUkrainian
- ٹیکسUrdu
- 稅, thuếVietnamese
- שטייַערYiddish
- 稅Chinese
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