<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of tax

  • (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.

Synonyms

taxation , revenue enhancement , assess , task

Homophones

tacks

Rhymes

acts , ajax , antitax , attacks , ax , axe , backes , backs , bax , blacks , borax , climax , contacts , cracks , dacs , dax , earwax , facts , fairfax , fax , filofax , flax , galax , hacks , halifax , imax , impacts , jaques , knacks , knick-knacks , lacks , lax , lomax , maces , macks , macs , max , mesothorax , metathorax , neoax , overtax , packs , pacs , pacts , parallax , pax , plaques , pretax , racks , rax , relax , sachs , sacks , sacs , saks , sax , saxe , slacks , smacks , snacks , stacks , surtax , syntax , tacks , tracks , wacks , wax , whacks , yax , zacks