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tax definition and meaning

n. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
n. A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
n. 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.
n. A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
n. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
n. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
n. Charge; censure.
n. A lesson to be learned; a task.
n. 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.
n. To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for tax

- Duty
- Duty paid with thanks and a kiss
- Duty rotates at ten
- Duty to begin tuning a xylophone
- Excise
- Exhaust I lever off from taxi
- Government levy
- Heavy demand for tacks, we hear
- I get out of taxi levy
- Levy
- Make heavy demands on
- Surcharge
- The T of GST