tax meaning
EN
[tæks] [-æks] 
US WTax
- A tax (from the Latin taxo; "rate") is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state to fund various public expenditures.
- NounPLtaxes
- Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
- In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
- A burdensome demand.
- a heavy tax on time or health
- A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
- OBS charge; censure.
- OBS A lesson to be learned.
- Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
- VerbSGtaxesPRtaxingPT, PPtaxed
- VT To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
- Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
- VT To impose and collect a tax on (something).
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
- VT To make excessive demands on.
- But patent applications are increasingly accompanied by volumes and volumes of data on DVD, which taxes the resources of the patent office.
- VT To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
- The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.
- If I spent all my income to generate fapiao to avoid paying taxes on my income, I’d never actually save any money.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I seconded this proposal of my esteemed colleague, to reduce taxes.
- I have been dragging my feet about filing my taxes.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of tax in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
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- Transitive verbs
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "tax" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.