n.
Pronunciation: ' taks
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to estimate, assess, tax, from Anglo-French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxare, from Latin, to feel, estimate, censure, frequentative of tangere to touch ― more at TANGENT
Date: 14th century
1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs in a court action)
2 : to levy a tax on
3 obsolete : to enter (a name) in a list <there went out a decree ⋯ that all the world should be tax ed ― Lk 2:1(AV)>
4 : CHARGE , ACCUSE < tax ed him with neglect of duty> also : CENSURE
5 : to make onerous and rigorous demands on <the job tax ed her strength>
– tax · able \ ' tak-s ə -b ə l \ adjective
– tax · er noun