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tax
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?ks, IPA(key): /tæks/
- Homophone: tacks
- Rhymes: -æks
Etymology 1
From Middle English taxe, from Anglo-Norman tax and Old French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa.
Noun
tax (countable and uncountable, plural taxes)
- Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
- Synonyms: impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment, exaction, custom, demand, levy
- Antonym: subsidy
- (figuratively, uncountable) 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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Clarendon to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A lesson to be learned.
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Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: takis
- ? Rotokas: takisi
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax? (“I handle”, “I censure”, “I appraise”, “I compute”).
Verb
tax (third-person singular simple present taxes, present participle taxing, simple past and past participle taxed)
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
- (transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).
- (transitive) To make excessive demands on.
- (transitive) To accuse.
- (transitive) To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
Derived terms
- taxable
- taxation
Translations
Anagrams
- ATX, xat
Latin
Alternative forms
- tuxtax
Interjection
tax
- an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack
References
- tax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- tax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??x/
Noun
tax f (Arabic spelling ????)
- district, neighborhood, quarter
- district, region
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “tax”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Homophone: tacks
Noun
tax c
- a dachshund (dog breed)
Declension
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corvee
English
Alternative forms
- corvée
Etymology
From French corvée, from Medieval Latin corrog?ta, based on Latin corrog?re (“to entreat together”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??ve?/
- (US) IPA(key): /k????ve?/
Noun
corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)
- Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
- Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.
Translations
References
- corvee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. (etymology)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French corvée, from Middle French corvee, from Old French corvee, from Medieval Latin corveda, from corrogata in corrogata opera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?r?ve?/
- Hyphenation: cor?vee
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
corvee f or n (uncountable)
- household chores, especially at a camp or barracks
- (historical) corvee labour
Related terms
- karwei
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