Taxer

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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Noun

1.

taxer - a bureaucrat who levies taxes administrative official, bureaucrat - an official of a bureaucracy