tax


Definition: Meaning of, tax in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / taks /

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tax taxes
  1. [uncountable and countable] an amount of money that you must pay to the government according to your income, property, goods etc and that is used to pay for public services
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
tax taxed taxed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
taxing taxes
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  1. to charge a tax on something
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  2. British English to pay the sum of money charged each year for using a vehicle on British roads
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  3. to make someone have to work hard or make an effort
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tax used in phrases

  • Tobin tax (noun)
    1. a proposed tax on all spot conversions of one currency into another, to increase stability by putting a penalty on short-term currency bets
  • ad valorem tax (noun)
    1. a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
  • capital gains tax (noun)
    1. a tax that you pay on profits that you make when you sell your possessions
  • car tax (noun)
    1. money that people in Britain must pay if they want to drive a car on the roads [=  road tax]
  • carbon tax (noun)
    1. a tax on businesses and industries which produce substances with a carbon base, that can damage the environment
  • council tax (noun)
    1. a tax which every home in Britain has to pay to local government, based on the area and the value of the house, FLAT etc
  • death tax (noun)
    1. a tax on the estate of the deceased person
  • declaration of estimated tax (noun)
    1. return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year
  • degressive tax (noun)
    1. any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases
  • departure tax (noun)
    1. a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land, sea or air
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tax used in phrasal verbs

  • tax with (phrasal verb)
    1. tax someone with something to accuse someone of doing something wrong
    2. to order someone to do something
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