Meaning of tax | Babel Free

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1. Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
   countable, uncountable
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Tamki
3. A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.
   countable, uncountable
4. liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods. belasbaar خاضِع للضَّريبَه облагаем tributável zdanitelný steuerpflichtig skattepligtig φορολογήσιμος imponible, gravable maksustatav مشمول مالیات verotettava imposable חַייָב מַס कर योग्य koji je obvezan plaćati porez adóköteles bisa dipajak skattskyldur tassabile 課税される 과세 대상이 되는 apmokestinamas apliekams ar nodokli boleh dicukai belastbaarskattepliktig podlegający opodatkowaniu tributável impozabil подлежащий обложению налогом zdaniteľný obdavčljiv o...
5. Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles)
6. the act or system of taxing. belasting فَرْض الضَّرائِب облагане с данъци tributação daně die Besteuerung beskatning φορολογίαimpuestos, sistema tributario maksustamine مالیات verotus impôts מִיסוּי कर लगाना oporezivanje adózás sistem pemajakan sköttun, skattlagning tassazione 課税 과세 apmokestinimas, mokesčių sistema aplikšana ar nodokli; nodokļu sistēma pencukaian belastingskatt, beskatningopodatkowanie, system podatkowy tributação im­pozite; fiscalitate налогообложение zdaňovanie, daňový syst...
7. A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service
8. mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job. swaar, moeilik مُرْهِق جَسَدِياً وَعَقْلِيّا натоварващ pesado namáhavý strapaziös udmattende ζόρικος, δύσκολοςagotador koormav شاق kuormittava éprouvant לְהַכבִּיד भार डालना zahtjevan, težak próbára tevő sulit þreytandi, erfiður gravoso むずかしい 고생이 많은, 성가신 įtemptas, sunkus grūts; saspringts memerah veel vergend krevende, anstrengendeuciążliwy pesado solicitant обременительный namáhavý naporen zahtevan påfrestande ซึ่งต้องใช้ความพยายามมาก zor 繁重的 ...
9. A burdensome demand;
10. without payment of tax. tax-free income. belastingvry مُعْفى من الضَّريبَه необлагаем livre de impostos bez daně steuerfrei skattefri αφορολόγητος exento/libre de impuestos maksuvaba بی مالیات veroton exempt d'impôts פָּטוּר מִמַס कर मुक्त oslobođen poreza adómentes bebas pajak skattfrjáls esentasse 無税の 면세(의) neapmokestintas; be mokesčių ar nodokli neaplikts bebas cukai belastingvrij skattefri wolny od podatku livre de impostos neimpozabil не облагаемый налогом oslobodený od dane prost davka ...
11. To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company)
12. a citizen who pays taxes. belastingbetaler دافِع الضَّريبَه данъкоплатец contribuinte daňový poplatník der/die Steuerzahler(in) skatteyder φορολογούμενοςcontribuyente maksumaksja شخص مالیات دهنده veronmaksaja contribuable מְשַלֵם מִסִים कर देने वाला porezni obveznik adófizető pembayar pajak skattgreiðandi contribuente 納税者 납세자 mokesčių mokėtojas nodokļu maksātājs pembayar cukai belastingbetalerskattebetalerpodatnikcontribuinte con­tri­buabil налогоплательщик daňový poplatník davkoplačevalec po...
13. to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty. aankla يَتَّهِم обвинявам acusar de obvinit beschuldigen beskylde κατηγορώ acusar a alguien de algo süüdistama کسی را به چیزی متهم کردن syyttää jostakin taxer/accuser de לְהַאֲשִים आरोप लगाना okriviti, pripisati komu megvádol (vkit vmivel) menuduh saka um accusare di 責める 비난하다 apkaltinti apvainot; apsūdzēt menuduh beschuldigenbeskylde, anklage zarzucać acusar de a acuza de обвинять obviniť obtožiti optužiti beskylla (anklaga) ngn för กล่าวห...
14. A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.
15. A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.
16. A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.
17. To place a tax on (income, property, or goods).

Equivalents

Examples

“[They paid a] "mushroom tax" in addition to their regular tax of butter and meat. They had to give 1 dre of dried mushrooms annually to the district administrative centres.”

“The [General Farm] organization collected a tax on salt (gabelle) and another on alcohol and tobacco (aide), along with customs duties (traites) and duties on goods entering Paris from elsewhere in France (entrées). Evasion of all of these taxes through smugglign and other fraud was epidemic[…]”

“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.”

“Flie far from hence All private taxes, immodest phrases, What e'r may but shew like vicious.”

“Scrambled egg with cheese [...] careful with the cheese here because it is the main reason for Roxie's runs... [but] We pay a lot of cheese tax in the house [i.e., when we eat cheese, the dog demands to also be given some].”

“a heavy tax on time or health”

“In the expectation that such would be the case, I came but slightly attended, sending most of my people with the heavy baggage by sea to the Indus, and I took every precaution to render the tax of my support as light as possible, by furnishing a memorandum of the number of persons composing my suite, and limiting the amount of supplies each should receive.”

“The extent of the traffic is a tax on the existing yard in the area at Frodingham, the busiest in the District.”

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