different between waxer vs taxer

English

Etymology

wax +? -er

Noun

waxer (plural waxers)

1. A device used to apply wax.
2. A person who applies wax.
3. Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).

Anagrams

• rewax

English

Alternative forms

• taxor

Etymology

tax +? -er

Noun

taxer (plural taxers)

1. One who taxes.
2. (Britain, Cambridge University) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.

Anagrams

• Artex, extra, extra-, retax

French

Etymology

From Old French taxer, borrowed from Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax?. Replaced the older tausser. Cf. also taux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.se/

Verb

taxer

1. to tax, to impose a tax on

Conjugation

Derived terms

• surtaxer
• taxation

Related terms

• taxe
• taux

Further reading

• “taxer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

taxer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tax?

Old French

Alternative forms

• tauxer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax?. Cf. also the older form tauxer (whence French taux), tausser, which was replaced.

Verb

taxer

1. to tax, to impose a tax on

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: taxer
• ? Middle English: taxen
  • English: tax
  • Scots: tax

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin tac?re, present active infinitive of tace?. Compare Italian tacere

Verb

taxer

1. (intransitive) to shut up (be quiet)

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.