Definition of tax

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Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

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Pressive :: Pressive (a.) Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation..
Pollage :: Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion..
Taxor :: Taxor (n.) Same as Taxer, n., 2..
Anthotaxy :: Anthotaxy (n.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..
Ulna :: Ulna (n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius..
Taxidermist :: Taxidermist (n.) A person skilled in taxidermy.
Ratable :: Ratable (a.) Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate..
Sess :: Sess (n.) A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
Hydage :: Hydage (n.) A land tax. See Hidage.
Overdo :: Overdo (v. t.) To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength..
Yew :: Yew (n.) An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions..
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at..
Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue..
Gabel :: Gabel (n.) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise..
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Homotaxy :: Homotaxy (n.) Same as Homotaxis.
Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..
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