tax

Significado

Noun

1. Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
2. A burdensome demand.
3. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
4. (obsolete) charge; censure

Verb

1. To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
2. To impose and collect a tax on (something).
3. To make excessive demands on.
4. To accuse.
5. To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tæks/

Etimoloxía

From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa. Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for "tribute" and "rent."

Oracións

They were financed through a special celebration tax .

My tax dollars pay for those public school proms .