Definition of tax

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Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..

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Gelt :: Gelt (n.) Trubute, tax..
Undertaxed :: Undertaxed (a.) Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others..
Solecism :: Solecism (n.) An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax..
Ratepayer :: Ratepayer (n.) One who pays rates or taxes.
Lastage :: Lastage (n.) A tax on wares sold by the last.
Taxology :: Taxology (n.) Same as Taxonomy.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support..
Heterotactous :: Heterotactous (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy..
Ratable :: Ratable (a.) Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Paviage :: Paviage (n.) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.
Deficit :: Deficit (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc..
Ataxy :: Ataxy (n.) Disorder; irregularity.
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion..
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes..
Excise :: Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system..
Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues..
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