taxing

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

not easily borne; wearing“the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return”“my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests”“a taxing schedule”Synonyms: burdensome onerous

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]