- tax
- In.
1) to impose, levy, put a tax on
2) to collect a tax from
3) to pay a tax (to pay a tax on a new car; to pay a large sum in taxes; to pay a tax to the government)
4) to increase, raise taxes
5) to cut, lower, reduce taxes
6) to rescind, revoke a tax
7) an amusement; capital gains; cigarette; death (AE), inheritance (BE has death duty); direct; estate; excess-profits; excise; federal (AE); gasoline (AE), petrol (BE); gift; income; indirect; liquor; local; negative income; nuisance; personal-property; poll; property; real-estate; sales; state (US); transfer; value-added; windfall-profits (US); withholding (esp. AE; BE has PAYE) tax
8) a flat; graduated, progressive tax
9) a tax on (a tax on cigarettes)
10) delinquent taxes
11) (misc.) tax evasion; a tax haven tax; a tax shelter; tax relief
IIv. (formal) (d; tr.) ('to accuse') to tax with (to tax smb. with a crime)
* * *[tæks]a tax haven tax: a tax sheltercapital gainsestate: excess tax profitsexcisegraduatedindirectlocalnegative incomepersonal-propertyprogressive taxput a tax onraise taxesreal-estatereduce taxesrevoke a taxvalue-addedwithholding (esp. AE: BE has PAYE) taxtax reliefdeath (AE)federal (AE)gasoline (AE) . petrol (BE)inheritance (BE has death duty)state (US)windfall-profits (US)(misc.) tax evasiona flatan amusementdelinquent taxesto collect a tax fromto cut. lowerto imposeto increaseto rescinda tax on (a tax on cigarettes)to pay a tax (to pay a tax on a new car; to pay a large sum in taxes; to pay a tax to the government)(formal) (d; tr.) ('to accuse') to tax with (to tax smb. with a crime)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.