Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

    Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.

    besteuern

    оподатко́вуватиopodatkóvuvaty, оподаткува́тиopodatkuváty

    levy a tax on

  2. (transitive)To impose and collect a tax on (something).

    Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.

  3. (transitive)To make excessive demands on.

    Do not tax my patience.

    strapazieren, belasten

    чрезме́рно напряга́тьčrezmérno naprjagátʹ, чрезме́рно утомля́тьčrezmérno utomljátʹ, истоща́тьistoščátʹ

    make a charge against or accuse

  4. (transitive)To accuse.

  5. (transitive)To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.

Examples

626 sentences
  1. Is there any tax on this?

    Це оподатковується? — deniko

    deIst das irgendwie zu versteuern? — Tamy

  2. The government makes us pay tax.

    Уряд примушує нас платити податки. — deniko

    ruПравительство заставляет нас платить налог. — odexed

  3. This is why we pay taxes.

    Ось чому ми платимо податки. — deniko

    ruВот за что мы платим налоги. — marafon

  4. Does Tom do his own taxes?

    Том самостійно робить свої податкові звіти? — deniko

  5. Don't forget to pay your taxes.

    Не забудь заплатити податки. — deniko

    ruНе забудьте заплатить налоги. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to impose and collect a tax:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make demands on:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to impose and collect a tax:
to make demands on:

Origin

From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxāre

From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle, to censure, to appraise, to compute”).

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Forms

taxes, taxing, taxed, taxed
Base formtax · to tax
3rd person singulartaxes
Present participletaxing
Past simpletaxed
Past participletaxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytax
he, she, ittaxes

Past simpleLesson

all personstaxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taxed
he, she, ithas taxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tax

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • use to the limit:task
  • set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine):assess

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • pay taxes
  • are tax deductible
  • tax deductible
  • to pay taxes
  • income taxes
  • include tax
  • heavy taxes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tax — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto