tax

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has…

   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).

   • [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. 2

   A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc

   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.

   • Flie far from hence All private taxes, immodest phrases, What e'r may but shew like vicious.
   • Scrambled egg with cheese [...] careful with the cheese here because it is the main reason for Roxie's runs... [but] We pay a lot of cheese tax in the house [i.e., when we eat cheese, the dog demands to also be given some].
3. 3

   A burdensome demand

   • a heavy tax on time or health
   • The extent of the traffic is a tax on the existing yard in the area at Frodingham, the busiest in the District.
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   1. 4

      To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

      • Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
      • Taxing the food and chemical industries, which make billions off our food consumption, could be another way to generate revenue for the program.
   2. 5

      To impose and collect a tax on (something).

      • Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
   3. 6

      To make excessive demands on.

      • Do not tax my patience.
      • The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.
      • The heavy freight traffic which shares the double line between Paddington and Wolverhampton with the passenger traffic has taxed the ingenuity of the timetable planners.
   4. 7

      To accuse.

   5. 8

      To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.

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