tax

English

/tæks/

noun
Definitions
  • Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
  • (figurative) A burdensome demand.
  • A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
  • (obsolete) charge; censure
  • (obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English taxe derived from tax derived from Old French taxe derived from Latin taxa.

Origin

Latin

taxa

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