tax

tax  (tks)

n.

1. A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government.

2. A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses.

3. A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain.

tr.v. taxed, tax·ing, tax·es

1. To place a tax on (income, property, or goods).

2. To exact a tax from.

3. Law To assess (court costs, for example).

4. To make difficult or excessive demands upon: a boss who taxed everyone's patience.

5. To make a charge against; accuse: He was taxed with failure to appear on the day appointed.

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[Middle English, from taxen, to tax, from Old French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxre, from Latin, to touch, reproach, reckon, frequentative of tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

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taxer n.

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tax [tæks]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a compulsory financial contribution imposed by a government to raise revenue, levied on the income or property of persons or organizations, on the production costs or sales prices of goods and services, etc.

2. a heavy demand on something; strain a tax on our resources

vb (tr)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to levy a tax on (persons, companies, etc., or their incomes, etc.)

2. to make heavy demands on; strain to tax one's intellect

3. to accuse, charge, or blame he was taxed with the crime

4. (Law) to determine (the amount legally chargeable or allowable to a party to a legal action), as by examining the solicitor's bill of costs to tax costs

5. Brit informal to steal

[from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre to appraise, from tangere to touch]

taxer  n

taxless  adj

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tax

• excise - As in tax, it is from Middle Dutch excijs, from Latin accensum, "to tax."
• tax - From Latin taxare, "censure, charge, or compute."
• toll - Traces back to Greek telos, "tax."
• disposable income, surplus income - Disposable income or surplus income is what you have left after taxes and other government obligations—i.e. what you have left to live on.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tax - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government revenue enhancement, taxation withholding - the act of deducting from an employee's salary imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) disposable income - income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending unearned income, unearned revenue - personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income) deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes levy - a charge imposed and collected single tax - a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) income tax - a personal tax levied on annual income capital gains tax - a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling" capital levy - a tax on capital or property departure tax - a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air franchise tax - a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state gift tax - a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver direct tax - a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations hidden tax - a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes) capitation - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person graduated tax, progressive tax - any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases proportional tax - any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases degressive tax - any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases rates - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) stamp duty, stamp tax - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) pavage - a tax toward paving streets transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property special assessment - an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) progressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
Verb	1.	tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine" excise - levy an excise tax on tariff - charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods" surtax - levy an extra tax on; "surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000" overtax - tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!"
	2.	tax - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) assess set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" assess - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
	3.	tax - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" task strain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
	4.	tax - make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" charge - make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

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tax

noun

1. charge, rate, duty, toll, levy, tariff, excise, contribution, assessment, customs, tribute, imposition, tithe, impost a cut in tax on new cars

2. strain, demand, burden, pressure, weight, load, drain less of a tax on her bodily resources

verb

1. charge, impose a tax on, levy a tax on, rate, demand, assess, extract, exact, tithe The government taxes profits of corporations at a high rate.

2. strain, push, stretch, try, test, task, load, burden, drain, exhaust, weaken, weary, put pressure on, sap, wear out, weigh heavily on, overburden, make heavy demands on, enervate Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste.

3. accuse, charge, blame, confront, impeach, incriminate, arraign, impugn, lay at your door Writers to the letters column taxed me with shallowness.
accuse clear, acquit, vindicate, exonerate, exculpate

Quotations
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" [Benjamin Franklin letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy]
"The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a man whose duties make him more or less of a taxing machine. He is intrusted with a certain amount of misery which it is his duty to distribute as fairly as he can" [Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke speech]
"To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men" [Edmund Burke On American Taxation]
"If you tax too high, the revenue will yield nothing" [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
"Only the little people pay taxes" [Leona Helmsley]
"Read my lips: no new taxes" [George Bush speech during election campaign - later, he raised taxes]
"Taxation without representation is tyranny" [James Otis]
"What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin" [Mark Twain]

Translations

tax [tæks]

A. N

1. (Fin) (= contribution) → impuesto m, tributo m (frm)
half of it goes in tax → la mitad se me va en impuestos
petrol tax; tax on petrol → impuesto m sobre la gasolina
profits after tax → beneficios después de impuestos
profits before tax → beneficios antes de impuestos
free of tax → exento or libre de impuestos
to impose or levy or put a tax on sth → gravar algo con un impuesto
to pay tax on sth → pagar impuestos por algo
to pay one's taxes → pagar los impuestos
how much tax do you pay? → ¿cuánto paga de impuestos?
I paid £3,000 in tax last year → el año pasado pagué 3.000 libras de impuestos
for tax purposes → a efectos fiscales
see also capital C
see also council B
see also income B
see also value-added tax

2. (= strain) the extra administrative work was a tax on the resources of schools → el trabajo adicional de administración supuso una carga pesada para los recursos de las escuelas
it was a tax on his strength/patience → puso a prueba sus fuerzas/su paciencia

B. VT

1. (Fin) [+ income, profit] → gravar; [+ person] → cobrar impuestos a, imponer cargas fiscales a
household goods are taxed at the rate of 15% → los artículos del hogar se gravan con el 15% or llevan un impuesto del 15%
the wife is separately taxed → la esposa paga impuestos por separado

2. (Brit) (Aut) I haven't got my car taxed yet → aún no he pagado el impuesto de circulación

3. (= place a burden on) → poner a prueba
these dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen → estos dilemas pondrían a prueba al mejor de los estadistas

4. (frm) (= accuse) to tax sb with sth → acusar a algn de algo

5. (Jur) [+ costs] → tasar

C. CPD tax allowance N → desgravación f fiscal
tax avoidance N → evasión f legal de impuestos
tax base N → base f imponible
tax bracket N → grupo m impositivo
tax code, tax coding N → código m impositivo
tax collecting N → recaudación f de impuestos
tax collector N → recaudador(a) m/f de impuestos
tax cuts NPL → reducciones fpl en los impuestos
tax disc N (Brit) → pegatina f del impuesto de circulación
tax dodge N → evasión f de impuestos
tax evasion N → evasión f fiscal
tax exemption N → exención f de impuestos, exención f tributaria
tax exile N (= person) persona autoexiliada para evitar los impuestos; (= state) → exilio m voluntario para evitar los impuestos
tax haven N → paraíso m fiscal
tax incentive N → aliciente m fiscal
tax inspector N → inspector(a) m/f fiscal, inspector(a) m/f de Hacienda
tax law N → derecho m tributario
tax liability N → obligación f fiscal, obligación f tributaria
tax rate N → tasa f impositiva
tax rebate N → devolución f de impuestos
tax relief N → desgravación f fiscal
tax return N → declaración f fiscal or de la renta
to fill in or out one's tax return → hacer la declaración fiscal or de la renta
tax revenue N → ingresos mpl tributarios
tax shelter N → refugio m fiscal
tax system N → sistema m tributario, sistema m fiscal
tax year N → año m fiscal, ejercicio m fiscal

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tax [ˈtæks]

n (on goods, services) → taxe f; (on income) → impôts mpl
before tax → avant impôt
after tax → après impôt
free of tax → exonéré(e) d'impôt

modif [adviser, affairs, assessment, bill, burden, fraud] → fiscal(e); [bracket, rate] → d'imposition; [deduction] → d'impôts; [code, office, rise] → des impôts tax form

vt

[+ goods, profits] → taxer; [+ income, person, company] → imposer

(= strain) [+ patience, courage, strength, endurance] → mettre à l'épreuve

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tax

n

(Fin, Econ) → Steuer f; (on a company’s profit) → Abgabe f; (= import tax) → Gebühr f; before tax → brutto, vor Abzug der Steuern; after tax → netto, nach Abzug der Steuern; profits before/after tax → Brutto-/Nettoverdienst m; that’s done for tax purposes → das wird aus steuerlichen Gründen getan; free of tax → steuer-/abgaben-/gebührenfrei; to put a tax on somebody/something → jdn/etw besteuern, jdn/etw mit einer Steuer belegen; the heavy tax on the rich → die hohe Besteuerung der Reichen; the tax on alcohol/cars etc → die Getränke-/Kraftfahrzeugsteuer etc

(fig) → Belastung f (→ on sth +gen, → on sb für jdn)

vt

(Fin, Econ) → besteuern; country → mit Steuern belegen; this government is going to tax us all out of existence → diese Regierung zieht uns den letzten Cent aus der Tasche (inf)

(fig) brain, imagination, nerves, patience etc → strapazieren; strength → stark beanspruchen; savings, resources → angreifen, schmälern

(liter, = accuse) to tax somebody with something → jdn einer Sache (gen) → beschuldigen or bezichtigen or zeihen (liter)

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tax:

tax advantage

n → Steuervorteil m

tax adviser

n → Steuerberater(in) m(f)

tax allowance

n → Steuervergünstigung f; (= tax-free income) → Steuerfreibetrag m

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tax:

tax avoidance

n → Steuerumgehung f

tax bill

n (Brit inf) → Steuerbescheid m

tax bracket

n → Steuergruppe f → or -klasse f

tax burden

n → Steuernlast f

tax code, tax coding

n → Steuerkennziffer f

tax collecting

n → Steuereinziehung f

tax collector

n → Finanz- or Steuerbeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f; (Bibl, Hist) → Zöllner m

tax competition

n → Steuerwettbewerb m

tax credit

n → (auf Steuerschuld) anrechenbarer Betrag (aus Verlusten bei Aktienverkauf etc)

tax cut

n → Steuersenkung f

tax-deductible

adj → (steuerlich or von der Steuer) absetzbar; mortgage → steuerbegünstigt

tax demand

n → Steuerbescheid m

tax disc

n (Brit: on vehicle) → Steuermarke f → or -plakette f

tax dodge

n → Trick m → um Steuern zu umgehen

tax dodger, tax evader

n → Steuerhinterzieher(in) m(f); (who goes abroad) → Steuerflüchtling m

tax evasion

n → Steuerhinterziehung f; (by going abroad) → Steuerflucht f

tax-exempt

adj (US) person → steuerbefreit; business → abgabenfrei; income, status → steuerfrei

tax exile

n → Steuerexil nt; (= person) → Steuerflüchtling m

tax fairness

n → Steuergerechtigkeit f

tax form

n → Steuerformular nt

tax-free

adj, adv → steuerfrei

tax harmonization

n → Steuerharmonisierung f

tax haven

n → Steuerparadies nt

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tax:

tax loophole

n → Steuerschlupfloch nt

tax loss

n → Steuerausfall m

taxman

n → Steuer- or Finanzbeamte(r) m; the tax gets 35% → das Finanzamt bekommt 35%

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tax:

taxpayer

n → Steuerzahler(in) m(f)

tax policy

n → Steuerpolitik f

tax privilege

n → Steuervorteil m

tax rebate

n → Steuervergütung f → or -rückzahlung f

tax receipts

pl → Steuereinnahmen pl, → Steueraufkommen nt

tax reform

n → Steuerreform f

tax refund

n → Steuer(rück)erstattung f

tax regime

n → Steuersystem nt

tax relief

n → Steuervergünstigung f, → Steuererleichterung (→ en pl) f; tax of 5% → ein Steuernachlass m → von 5%; it qualifies for tax → das ist steuerbegünstigt

tax return

n → Steuererklärung f

tax revenue

n → Steueraufkommen nt

tax shelter

n

(= tax avoidance) → steuersparende Maßnahme

(minimalized tax) → Steuerbegünstigung f

tax structure

n → Steuersystem nt

tax system

n → Steuerwesen nt, → Steuer- or Besteuerungssystem nt

tax write-off

n → Steuerabschreibung f

tax year

n → Steuerjahr nt

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tax [tæks]

1. n (on income) → imposta, tasse fpl (fam); (on goods, services) → tassa
before/after tax → al lordo/netto delle imposte (or delle tasse)
free of tax → esente da imposte, esentasse inv
a third of my wages goes in tax → un terzo del mio stipendio se ne va in tasse
how much tax do you pay? → quanto paghi di tasse?
to put a tax on sth → mettere una tassa su qc

2. vt

a. (Fin) (people, salary, goods) → tassare
tobacco and petrol are heavily taxed → le tasse sul tabacco e sulla benzina sono altissime

b. (fig) (resources) → gravare su
to tax sb's patience → mettere alla prova la pazienza di qn

c. (fig) (accuse) to tax sb with sth/with doing sth → accusare qn di qc/di aver fatto qc

3. adj → fiscale, delle tasse
for tax purposes → per motivi fiscali

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n tax [tӕks]

1 money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state income tax; a tax on tobacco. belasting ضَريبَه данък daň skat; -skat die Steuer φόρος impuesto maks مالیات vero taxe, impôt מַס कर porez adó pajak skattur imposta, tassa 税金 세금 mokestis, mokesčiai nodoklis cukai belasting skatt, avgift, moms podatek imposto taxă, impozit налог daň davek porez skatt ภาษี vergi 稅 податок; мито محصول، ٹيکس thuế 税

2 a strain or burden The continual noise was a tax on her nerves. las إجْهاد، إرهاق، عِبء، حِمْل товар zátěž byrde die Belastung δοκιμασία, βάρος carga pingutus فشار؛ بار rasite fardeau מַעֲמָסָה भारस्वरूप teret, opterećenje teher beban álag carico, sforzo 重荷 부담 našta, išbandymas nasta; slodze; spriedze beban last belastning, byrde ciężar peso chin испытание záťaž breme opterećenje börda, påfrestning การที่ต้องใช้ความพยายามอย่างมาก yük, stres 負擔 напруження, тягар بوجھ gánh nặng 负担

v

1 to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc) He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed. belas يَدْفَع الضَّريبَه облагам с данък zdanit beskatte besteuern φορολογώ gravar, imponer contribuciones maksustama مالیات بستن verottaa taxer, imposer לְהַטִיל מַס עַל- कर लगाना oporezovati (meg)adóztat memajak skattleggja tassare 税金を課す 과세하다 apmokestinti aplikt ar nodokli mengenakan cukai belasten skattlegge, beskatte opodatkować tributar a taxa, a impozita облагать налогом zdaniť obdavčiti oporezovati taxera, beskatta เก็บภาษี vergi al(ın)mak, vergiye tâbi tut(ul)mak 征稅 оподатковувати ٹيکس لينا đánh thuế 征税

2 to put a strain on Don't tax your strength! las يُجْهِد، يُرْهِق натоварвам přetěžovat tære på strapazieren ζορίζω cargar, abrumar koormama سنگین بار کردن rasittaa pousser à bout לְהַטִיל מַעֲמָסָה भार स्वरूप होना, भार डालना opteretiti próbára tesz memaksakan reyna á sforzare, affaticare 負担をかける 부담을 지우다 pertempti uzlikt nastu/slodzi memerah veel vergen van stille på prøve nadwerężać sobrecarregar a pune la încercare испытывать preťažovať, prepínať preobremeniti testirati snagu anstränga, fresta på จำเป็นต้องใช้ความพยายามอย่างมาก zorlamak, tüketmek 使負擔加重 надмірно напружувати بوجھ ڈالنا đòi hỏi nặng nề 使负担加重

adj taxable

liable to be taxed taxable income/goods. belasbaar خاضِع للضَّريبَه облагаем zdanitelný skattepligtig steuerpflichtig 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 belastbaar skattepliktig podlegający opodatkowaniu tributável impozabil подлежащий обложению налогом zdaniteľný obdavčljiv oporeziv beskattningsbar, skattepliktig ซึ่งต้องเสียภาษี (คน, วัตถุ) vergilendirilebilir 應徵納稅的 оподатковуваний قابل محصول có thể phải đóng thuế được 应征纳税的

n taxˈation

the act or system of taxing. belasting فَرْض الضَّرائِب облагане с данъци daně beskatning die Besteuerung φορολογία impuestos, 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 belasting skatt, beskatning opodatkowanie, system podatkowy tributação im­pozite; fiscalitate налогообложение zdaňovanie, daňový systém obdavčenje poreski sistem beskattning, taxering ระบบการจัดเก็บภาษี vergilendirme 稅制 оподаткування ٹيکس لينے کا عمل، ٹيکس کا نظام hệ thống thuế 税制

adj taxing

mentally or physically difficult a taxing job. swaar, moeilik مُرْهِق جَسَدِياً وَعَقْلِيّا натоварващ namáhavý udmattende strapaziös ζόρικος, δύσκολος agotador 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, anstrengende uciążliwy pesado solicitant обременительный namáhavý naporen zahtevan påfrestande ซึ่งต้องใช้ความพยายามมาก zor 繁重的 оподаткування مشکل gây mệt mỏi 繁重的

adjectiv / adv tax-ˈfree

without payment of tax tax-free income. belastingvry مُعْفى من الضَّريبَه необлагаем bez daně skattefri steuerfrei 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 oslobođen poreza skattefri, befriad från skatt ซึ่งไม่ต้องเสียภาษี vergiden muaf 免稅的 звільнений від сплати податків خالي از ٹيکس miễn thuế 免税的

n taxpayer

a citizen who pays taxes. belastingbetaler دافِع الضَّريبَه данъкоплатец daňový poplatník skatteyder der/die Steuerzahler(in) φορολογούμενος contribuyente 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 belastingbetaler skattebetaler podatnik contribuinte con­tri­buabil налогоплательщик daňový poplatník davkoplačevalec poreski obveznik skattebetalare ผู้เสียภาษี vergi mükellefi 納稅人 платник податків ٹيکس دہندہ người đóng thuế 纳税人

tax (someone) with

to accuse (a person) of I taxed him with dishonesty. aankla يَتَّهِم обвинявам obvinit beskylde beschuldigen 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 beschuldigen beskylde, anklage zarzucać acusar de a acuza de обвинять (кого-л. в чём-л.) obviniť obtožiti optužiti beskylla (anklaga) ngn för กล่าวหา suçlamak 責備 обвинувачувати الزام دينا cáo buộc 责备

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tax → ضريبة daň skat Steuer φόρος impuesto vero impôt porez tassa 税金 세금 belasting skatt podatek imposto налог skatt ภาษี vergi thuế 税