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tax¹
- /tæks/
Sounds like tacks · Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”.
noun taxes
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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.
Similar: impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment, exaction, custom, demand, levy · Opposite: subsidy
- 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.
- A burdensome demand a heavy tax on time or health
tax²
- /tæks/
Sounds like tacks · Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle, to censure, to appraise, to compute”).
verb taxes · taxing · taxed
- To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
- To impose and collect a tax on (something). Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
- To make excessive demands on. Do not tax my patience.
- To accuse.
- To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: taxation, assess, task, revenue enhancement, excise, impost, tariff, surtax, taxpayer, taxability, fiscal, dutiable, income, earnings, revenue, gst
Translations
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noun money paid to the government
| Español | impuesto, tasa, gabela, tax, mita, alfarda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세금 segeum, 세 se, 조세 jose |
| 日本語 | 税 zei, 税金 zeikin, 租税 sozei |
| 中文 | 稅 /税 shuì |
| हिन्दी | कर kar, टैक्स ṭaiks |
| Kiswahili | ushuru, kodi |
| Português | imposto, tributo |
| Français | impôt |
| Deutsch | Steuer |
| Italiano | tassa, imposta, accisa |
| Ελληνικά | φόρος fóros |
| Română | taxă, impozit, dare |
| Русский | нало́г nalóg, сбор sbor, по́шлина póšlina, дань danʹ, по́дать pódatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thuế |
| العربية | ضَرِيبَة ḍarība |
| עברית | מַס mas |
verb to impose and collect a tax
| Español | asignar impuestos, cobrar gabelas, gravar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 徵稅 /征税 zhēngshuì |
| हिन्दी | उगाही ugāhī |
| Português | tributar, taxar |
| Français | imposer, taxer |
| Deutsch | besteuern |
| Italiano | tassare |
| Ελληνικά | φορολογώ forologó |
verb to make demands on
| Deutsch | strapazieren, belasten |
|---|---|
| Русский | чрезме́рно напряга́ть črezmérno naprjagátʹ, чрезме́рно утомля́ть črezmérno utomljátʹ, истоща́ть istoščátʹ, подверга́ть испыта́нию podvergátʹ ispytániju |
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title = {tax},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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