to tax
- verb
- /tæks/
- Many politicians argue that we need to tax the wealthy to fund social programs.
- tax income
- tax imports
- tax profits
You're taxing people for dying and they've been taxed before and it's wrong.
- You're taxing people for dying and they've been taxed before and it's wrong.
- And the idea here was to basically tax wealth.
Examples
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And the idea here was to basically tax wealth.
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Basically, resident aliens are taxed on their worldwide income, as are U.S. citizens.
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Are they planning to tax us on the ransom?
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When I am king, my first deed will be to tax everyone and everything until we are all rich!
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I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips.
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Article I of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to tax, spend, and regulate interstate commerce.
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There is general agreement that employment is too heavily taxed and labor markets are too rigid in Western Europe.
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All personal property was evaluated and taxed.
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Millions of Californians are being taxed out of their homes, yet the Depression is one of abundance.
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Non-resident aliens are taxed on their income arising from their presence in the United States.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
To charge a tax on goods like alcohol or tobacco
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
Officially send a completed form showing your income and taxes you owe
Compounds
- Specialized
A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities
A tax local governments charge on houses and land based on how much they are worth
An official paper you send to the tax office that shows your income to work out tax
- Specialized
A tax on the profit you make when you sell things like stocks or property
- Specialized
A tax on someone's money and property when they die before their family gets it
- Formal
A government's plan for how it charges and collects money from people and companies
- Specialized
An expense or amount you can subtract from your income to lower your tax
- Specialized
The total value of income, goods, or sales a government can collect money from
- US
Extra money that the government adds to the price of fuel to pay for roads and bridges
- Formal
An official paper you use to tell the government how much money you earn and owe in tax
- US
A plan or investment that helps people and companies pay less money to the government
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A tax on goods like tobacco and alcohol charged for each item or amount sold
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Total amount of tax a person or business must pay to the government
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A rule that lets people or companies pay less tax to encourage certain activities
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A tax added to the price of goods and services each time a business makes or sells them
A tax system where people with higher incomes pay a larger percentage of their income
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A claim by the government on property like a house for unpaid taxes that lets the government take it
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A tax that a person or business pays directly to the government, not added to the price of goods
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Money paid in regular payments to the government on income your employer does not take from your pay
- Formal
A fee the government charges to get permission to sell things or do some jobs
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A tax taken from an employee's pay by the employer and sent to the government
- Formal
An official value of property or income that shows how much tax you must pay
- UK
A tax charged by the local council based on a home's value and the people living there
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A system where people pay only one government charge, usually on land value
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A right the federal government takes on your property when you do not pay taxes you owe
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A tax some US states charge companies for the right to do business there based on their value or income
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A system where people pay a higher share of their income as income rises
- UK
A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents
- Specialized
A claim a state makes on your property when you do not pay taxes, so it can sell the property
- Formal
A form a taxpayer files to say how much tax they expect to owe when tax withheld is not enough
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tax comes from the Latin taxare, which meant 'to estimate' or 'set a value', and it became the word for a planned charge. So to tax someone is to require them to pay that charge.