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Definitions for Tax

[1] a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
[2] a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.
[3] (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.
[4] to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one's resources.
[5] to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.
[6] Informal . to charge: What did he tax you for that?
[7] Archaic . to estimate or determine the amount or value of.
[8] to levy taxes.
[9] variant of taxo- before a vowel: taxeme.
[10] a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
[11] 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
[12] a heavy demand on something; strain a tax on our resources
[13] to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc, or their incomes, etc)
[14] to make heavy demands on; strain to tax one's intellect
[15] to accuse, charge, or blame he was taxed with the crime
[16] 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
[17] slang to steal

Words related to Tax

duty, levy, fine, price, rate, cost, contribution, expense, tariff, charge, assess, impose, enact, exhaust, weaken, overtax, excise, obligation, salvage, bite

Words nearby Tax

tawny owl, tawny pipit, tawpie, taws, tawse, tax, tax avoidance, tax break, tax certificate, tax credit, tax deduction

Origin of Tax

ad valorem taxFirst recorded in 1690–1700

Words that may be confused with Tax

tacks, tax

Other words from Tax

tax·er , noun
tax·ing·ly , adverb
tax·less , adjective
tax·less·ly , adverb
tax·less·ness , noun
an·ti·tax , adjective
non·tax , noun, adjective
non·tax·er , noun
pro·tax , adjective
re·tax , verb (used with object)
self-taxed , adjective
sub·tax·er , noun
un·der·taxed , adjective
un·tax , verb (used with object)
well-taxed , adjective

Word origin for Tax

C13: from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch

Synonyms for Tax

contribution, cost, duty, expense, fine, levy, price, rate, tariff, assessment, bite, brokerage, capitation, custom, dues, excise, giveaway, imposition, impost, obligation, salvage, tithe, toll, towage, tribute, pork barrel