n.
- 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.
- a strain or heavy demand.
v.
- impose a tax on.
▸pay tax on (a vehicle).
- make heavy demands on.
- accuse of a fault or wrongdoing:
why are you taxing me with these allegations?
- Law examine and assess (the costs of a case).
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. taxer, from L. taxare ‘to censure, charge, compute’, perh. from Gk tassein ‘fix’.