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Pronunciation
t�ks, /tæks/, /t{ks/
audio|en-us-tax.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: tacks
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æks|-æks

Etymology
From OF. taxer "to impose a tax".

Noun
en-noun|es|-

1. Money paid to the government for financing public expenses.

Related terms
top3
estate tax
excise tax
goods and services tax
GST
head tax
income tax
inheritance tax
mid3
poll tax
property tax
sales tax
taxable
taxation
tax collector
tax haven
mid3
taxman, the
tax free
taxes due
taxpayer
value added tax
VAT

Translations

trans-top|tax
Arabic: ARchar|ضر�بة unicode|(�arí:ba) f
Chinese: � (shuì)
Czech: t-|cs|da�|f
Danish: skat
Dutch: t+|nl|belasting
Estonian: t-|et|maks
Finnish: t+|fi|vero
French: t-|fr|impôt|m
German: t+|de|Steuer|f
Hungarian: t+|hu|adó
Italian: t+|it|tassa|f, t+|it|imposta|f
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Japanese: � (zei), �� (zeikin)
Korean: �� (segeum)
Malayalam: �ര� (karam), നി��തി (nikuthi)
Polish: t|pl|podatek|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|imposto|m
Romanian: t-|ro|tax�|f, t-|ro|impozit|n
Russian: t-|ru|налог|m|trnalóg|scCyrl
Slovene: davek m, davš�ina f
Spanish: t+|es|impuesto|m, t-|es|tasa|f
Swedish: t-|sv|skatt
Tamil: t|ta|வரி|xs=Tamil (vari)
Telugu: t|te|పన�న�|sc=Telu (pannu)
Thai: THchar|ภาษี (paa-s�e)
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trans-top|income tax
See: income tax
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trans-top|VAT, value added tax
See: value added tax
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trans-top|goods and services tax
See: goods and services tax
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trans-top|estate tax
See: estate tax
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trans-top|inheritance tax
See: inheritance tax
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trans-top|excise tax
See: excise tax
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trans-top|head tax
See: head tax
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trans-top|poll tax
See: poll tax
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trans-top|property tax
Finnish: t-|fi|kiinteistövero, t-|fi|varallisuusvero
trans-mid
Slovene: davek na premoženje m
Spanish: t-|es|impuesto real, t-|es|impuesto sobre bienes
Tamil: t|ta|வரி|xs=Tamil (vari) (Sothu vari)
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Verb
en-verb|tax|es

1. To impose and collect a tax.

Translations
trans-top|to impose and collect a tax
Finnish: t-|fi|verottaa
trans-mid
Slovene: obdav�iti
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See also
top2
duty
mid2
excise

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Taxation

Latin
Alternative spellings
Also spelled tux tax.
Noun
tax

1. an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack

#* w:Persa (play)|Persa by w:Plautus|Plautus
#*: Tax tax- tergum|tergo meus#Latin|meo sum#Latin|erit. non#Latin|Non curo.
#*:: My back will get whack, whack. I don't care.
#*::: (Whack whack- it will be upon my back. I don't care.)

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