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tax

/taks/US // tæks //UK // (tæks) //

税收,税,税款,税务

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
    • : a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to demand a tax from.to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of, usually in proportion to the value of money involved.
    • : to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one's resources.
    • : to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.
    • : Informal. to charge: What did he tax you for that?
    • : Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to levy taxes.

Phrases

  • tax with
  • death and taxes

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbburden
Forms: taxed, taxes, taxing
verbaccuse
Forms: taxed, taxes, taxing

Examples

  • For example, since 2009 it’s been working on a campaign for tax incentives for carbon capture and storage.

  • Which is why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and others have been calling for raising much more tax money, but primarily from the very wealthy.

  • In March, Measure C got 65 percent of the vote, just shy of the two-thirds needed to approve a tax for a specific purpose.

  • They could support citizens more efficiently, quickly, and flexibly than current approaches like check payments or tax relief.

  • The head of an organization representing such workers blasted the decision as a “scam that leaves workers with a substantial tax bill right after the holiday season,” according to the Washington Post.

  • Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?

  • His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

  • Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.

  • In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.

  • Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years, and thus it seems likely that Grimm would be covered by the provision.

  • The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.

  • In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.

  • Mr. Jackson supposed that Parliament had a right to tax America, but he much doubted the expediency of the present act.

  • In tax-paying circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and let the airship overtake you if it can.

  • The stamps, in remote districts, would frequently require more in postage to obtain than the value of the tax.