TAX


Meaning of TAX in English

— taxer , n. — taxingly , adv. — taxless , adj. — taxlessly , adv. — taxlessness , n.

/taks/ , n.

1. a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.

2. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.

v.t.

3. (of a government)

a. to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.).

b. to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of (income, goods, sales, etc.), usually in proportion to the value of money involved.

4. to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one's resources.

5. to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.

6. Informal. to charge: What did he tax you for that?

7. Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.

v.i.

8. to levy taxes.

[ 1250-1300; (v.) ME taxen taxare to tax, appraise, L: to appraise, handle, freq. of tangere to touch; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v. ]

Syn. 1. duty, impost, levy. 4. strain, tire, stretch.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .