tax Definition

tax
noun taxes

1. A compulsory contribution towards a country's expenses raised by the government from people's salaries, property and from the sale of goods and services.

Thesaurus: levy, duty, tariff, toll, charge, customs, assessment, excise, rate, contribution.
2. A strain, burden or heavy demand.

verb taxes, taxed, taxing

1. To impose a tax on (a person or goods, etc) or take tax from (a salary).

Thesaurus: assess, charge, levy, overtax.
2. To put a strain on, or make a heavy demand on, someone or something.

Thesaurus: burden, exhaust, impose, try, strain, weaken, load, push, sap, weary, drain, enervate; Antonym: lighten, alleviate.
3. formal
To accuse them of it.
Form: tax someone with something (usually)
4. law.
To assess (costs).

Derivative: taxable
noun

Etymology: 13c: from French taxer, from Latin taxare to appraise.