Tax

  • 51tax — noun 1》 a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on personal income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. 2》 a strain or heavy demand. verb 1》 impose a tax on.     ↘pay… …

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  • 52tax — 1. An abbreviated term for *taxation. 2. An individual category of taxation. Examples include *sales tax and *value added tax …

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  • 53tax — /tæks / (say taks) noun 1. a compulsory monetary contribution demanded by a government for its support and levied on incomes, property, goods purchased, etc. 2. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand. –verb (t) 3. to impose tax on. 4.… …

  • 54tax — [13] Tax originally denoted ‘assess an amount to be levied’; the notion of ‘imposing such a levy’ is a secondary development. The word comes via Old French taxer from Latin taxāre ‘touch, assess, appraise’, a derivative of tangere ‘touch’ (source …

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  • 55Tax — Recorded in a number of spelling forms including Dach, Dachs, Taks (German), Das (Dutch and Flemish) and Dack, Dax, and Tax, an Anglo Saxon form of the original pre 7th century German. However spelt this is a surname of early medieval origins,… …

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  • 56Tax —   Local tax to pay on transfers. See also Fee …

    International financial encyclopaedia

  • 57Tax ID —   A code identifying a tax as defined in a system table …

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  • 58tax — I. n. 1. Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy. 2. Demand, burden, charge, requisition. 3. Charge, accusation, censure. II. v. a. 1. Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon. 2. Burden, load, task, make demands upon. 3 …

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  • 59TAX — • Storage Tanks Tax …

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  • 60tax — 1. noun they have to pay tax Syn: duty, excise, customs, dues, levy, tariff, toll, tithe, charge 2. verb his whining taxed her patience Syn: strain, stretch, overburden, overload …

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