tax

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/tæks/]

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1. tax (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

Example: [They paid a] "mushroom tax" in addition to their regular tax of butter and meat. They had to give 1 dre of dried mushrooms annually to the district administrative centres.

2. tax (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.

Example: Flie far from hence
All private taxes, immodest phrases,
What e'r may but shew like vicious.

3. tax (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A burdensome demand

Example: a heavy tax on time or health

Structure of the word

Roots:

teh₂g (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: teh₂g

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