tax

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: taxationrevenue enhancementassesstask

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of governmentSynonyms: taxationrevenue enhancement

Verb (4)

  1. levy a tax on“The State taxes alcohol heavily”“Clothing is not taxed in our state”
  2. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)Synonyms: assess
  3. use to the limit“you are taxing my patience”Synonyms: task
  4. make a charge against or accuse“They taxed him failure to appear in court”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tax \Tax\ (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing.] [Cf. F. taxer. See Tax, n.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government.— Franklin.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. [1913 Webster]

3.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. [1913 Webster]

I tax you, you elements, with unkindness.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Fear not now that men should tax thine honor.— M. Arnold.[1913 Webster]
Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task, Taste.]

1.A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. [1913 Webster]

A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) 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.

Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc. [1913 Webster] (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. [1913 Webster]

2.A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. [1913 Webster]

3.A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. [1913 Webster]

4.Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

5.A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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