Found 3 items, similar to Tax.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tax belasting, cukai, pajak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tax tax n : charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government [syn: taxation, revenue enhancement ] [also: taxes (pl)] tax v 1: levy a tax on; “The State taxes alcohol heavily”; “Clothing is not taxed in our state” 2: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: assess] 3: use to the limit; “you are taxing my patience” [syn: task] 4: make a charge against or accuse; “They taxed him failure to appear in court” [also: taxes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tax Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task, Taste.] 1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. [1913 Webster] A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like. Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc. [1913 Webster] (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. [1913 Webster] 2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. [1913 Webster] 3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. [1913 Webster] 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand. [1913 Webster] Tax \Tax\ (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing.] [Cf. F. taxer. See Tax, n.] 1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government. [1913 Webster] We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. [1913 Webster] 3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. [1913 Webster] I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]