tax

B1 Topic:Personal Finance

US /tæks/ See IPA manual

Freq #2994

Meanings

1

noun
Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to fund public services.

A large part of his salary goes on income tax.
2

verb
To make people or businesses pay a tax.

The government taxes alcohol and tobacco heavily.
3

verb
To make heavy demands on someone's strength, time, or patience.

Looking after three young children all day really taxes my energy.

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Synonyms

1 noun · money that people and... duty levy toll

Word family

Forms taxedtaxesuntaxed

Derived forms after-taxantitaxblood-taxdetaxecotaxfortaxhypertaxmistaxnontaxovertaxpoll-taxposttax

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Phrases (12)

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tax inspector
an official who examines tax records and ensures legal compliance

Adjective + noun
departure tax
a charge imposed on someone leaving a country

Noun + noun
estimated tax
a periodic tax payment calculated from expected income rather than withheld automatically

Adjective + noun
excise tax
a tax charged on specified goods or transactions rather than on general income or property

Noun + noun
inheritance tax
a tax connected with property or money passed on after someone's death

Noun + noun
tax assessor
an official who values property for taxation

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Tax entered English in the Middle Ages and ultimately derives from Latin taxare, “censure, charge, compute.” Task comes from the same Latin source and originally meant “impose a tax on” before developing its modern sense.

Etymology

From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”.

*teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European taxe Middle English taxa la-med

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# tax

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /tæks/
**Frequency rank:** 2994

## Meanings
1. Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to fund public services.
2. To make people or businesses pay a tax.
3. To make heavy demands on someone's strength, time, or patience.

## Examples
- A large part of his salary goes on income tax.
- The government taxes alcohol and tobacco heavily.
- Looking after three young children all day really taxes my energy.

## Derived Forms
- after-tax
- antitax
- blood-tax
- detax
- ecotax
- fortax
- hypertax
- mistax
- nontax
- overtax
- poll-tax
- posttax

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *teh₂g-
- Root: taxe
- Root: taxa

## Etymology
From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”.

## AI Etymology
Tax is from Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”. In present-day use, it can mean money that people and businesses must pay to the government to fund public services, or to make people or businesses pay a tax.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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