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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tax \tax\, n. f. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, l. taxare to touch,
sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.
tangere, tactum, to touch. see tangent, and cf. task,
taste.
1. a charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
by authority. specifically:
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a a charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
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a farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --macaulay.
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b 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.
note: taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or
indirect, etc.
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c a sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
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2. a task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
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3. a disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
tax on time or health.
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4. charge; censure. obs. --clarendon.
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5. a lesson to be learned; a task. obs. --johnson.
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tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. eng.
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syn: impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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see also:
tangent task taste annual perpetual direct
indirect tax cart
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