taxes
noun · verb
Form of tax , plural of tax.
Simple meaning
Money or goods collected by a government to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
taksuhzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtæksəz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
plural of tax
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).
plural of tax
Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
plural of tax
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.
plural of tax
A burdensome demand
verb
third-person singular of tax
Levy a tax on
third-person singular of tax
To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
third-person singular of tax
To make excessive demands on.
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: 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).
Used this way, taxes is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in finance or economics and government or politics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
- Government/politics
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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Income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- taxnoun
- taxationnoun
- referendumnoun
- irsnoun
- revenuenoun
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