tax
/tæks/noun, verb1 syllable
Tax means: charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
Synonyms for tax4
What does tax mean?5
noun
1
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
verb
1
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
2
use to the limit“you are taxing my patience”
3
levy a tax on“The State taxes alcohol heavily”
4
make a charge against or accuse“They taxed him failure to appear in court”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with tax?26
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Tax in a sentence
- The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.MrShoval
- The government passed important pension, tax, and fiscal reforms.The_World_Factbook
- In general, people were against the consumption tax.slyfin
- You can tax cows, but they'll never be the ones paying them.DJ_Saidez
- When you sell something, you need to collect the sales tax.sangelo
- If you steal from tax players, you will be castrated.Eccles17
- The directors were accused of bribe, tax fraud and forgery.CM
- In general, there is a six-year statute of limitations on federal tax crimes.CM
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Forms of tax
as a noun
- plural
- taxes
as a verb
- past tense
- taxed
- present participle
- taxing
- third-person singular
- taxes
- past participle
- taxed