Tax

[tæks]

Definition

(noun.) charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.

(verb.) make a charge against or accuse; 'They taxed him failure to appear in court'.

(verb.) use to the limit; 'you are taxing my patience'.

(verb.) levy a tax on; 'The State taxes alcohol heavily'; 'Clothing is not taxed in our state'.

(verb.) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine).

Checker: Prudence--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checker: Sigmund

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy.[2]. Demand, burden, charge, requisition.

v. a. [1]. Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon.[2]. Burden, load, task, make demands upon.[3]. Accuse, charge, lay upon.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Duty, rate, impost, assessment, toll, tribute,[See BABBLE]

Checker: Presley

Definition

n. a rate imposed on property or persons for the benefit of the state: anything imposed: a burdensome duty.—v.t. to lay a tax on: to register or enrol for fiscal purposes (Luke ii. 1): to burden: to accuse: to examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.—ns. Taxabil′ity Tax′ableness.—adj. Tax′able capable of being or liable to be taxed—adv. Tax′ably.—ns. Taxā′tion act of taxing; Tax′-cart a light spring-cart; Tax′er.—adj. Tax′free exempt from taxation.—ns. Tax′-gath′erer; Taxim′eter (see Addenda); Tax′ing-mas′ter an officer of a court of law who examines bills of costs; Tax′-pay′er.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream that you pay your taxes, foretells you will succeed in destroying evil influences rising around you. If others pay them, you will be forced to ask aid of friends. If you are unable to pay them, you will be unfortunate in experiments you are making.

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