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    [Verb]  | "tax" 


    1: to levy a tax on

    2: to make onerous and rigorous demands on

    3: charge, accuse; also : censure

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, to estimate, assess, tax, from Anglo-French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxare, from Latin, to feel, estimate, censure, frequentative of tangere to touch {mat|tangent:2|};

    [Noun]  | "tax*is" | \ ˈtak-səs \


    1: reflex translational or orientational movement by a freely motile and usually simple organism in relation to a source of stimulation (such as a light or a temperature or chemical gradient)

    2: a reflex reaction involving a taxis

    Origin: 1899 ;

     Borrowed from German Taxis, borrowed from Greek táxis "drawing up in rank and file, order of battle, arrangement, order," from tag-, stem of tássein (Attic táttein) "to draw up in order (as troops, ships), post, station, place in order, prescribe, assess" + -sis {see: |-sis|-sis} {mat|tactic:2|};

    [Noun]  | "tax" | \ ˈtaks \


    1: a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes

    2: a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses

    3: a heavy demand

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "alternative minimum tax" 


    1: a U.S. federal income tax that was originally imposed to prevent wealthy taxpayers from using tax shelters to avoid paying taxes, that excludes many deductions and exemptions allowed in computing regular tax liability, and that must be paid instead of the regular tax liability by individuals and businesses whose alternative minimum tax liability is greater than their regular tax liability

    Origin: 1958 ;

    [Noun]  | "death tax" 


    1: a tax arising on the transmission of property after the owner's death; especially : estate tax

    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Noun]  | "direct tax" 


    1: a tax exacted directly from the taxpayer

    Origin: 1770 ;

    [Noun]  | "estate tax" 


    1: a tax in the form of a percentage of the taxable estate that is imposed on a property owner's right to transfer the property to others after their death

    Origin: 1894 ;

    [Noun]  | "flat tax" 


    1: proportional tax

    Origin: 1952 ;

    [Noun]  | "hidden tax" 


    1: a tax that is ultimately paid by someone other than the person on whom it is levied

    2: an economic inequity that reduces one's real income or buying power

    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun combining form]  | "-taxis" 


    1: arrangement : ordering

    2: physiological taxis

    Origin: 

     Borrowed from Greek táxis "arrangement, disposition, order" {mat|taxis|};

    [Noun]  | "taxes" 


    1: a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use;


      * e.g., " ... the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer "



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    [Noun]  | "tax" 


    1: a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use;


      * e.g., " ... the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer "



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    [Noun]  | "death taxes" 


    [Noun]  | "direct taxes" 


    [Noun]  | "estate taxes" 


    [Noun]  | "flat taxes" 


    [Noun]  | "hidden taxes" 


    [Noun]  | "income taxes" 


    [Verb]  | "taxes" 


    1: to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress;


      * e.g., " ... your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience "



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    [Verb]  | "tax" 


    1: to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress;


      * e.g., " ... your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience "



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     [ "taxes" ]

    1: The other thing guaranteed in life besides death.

      * e.g.,  ... Death and taxes are two things you can not escape in this world. Believe me, I tried to escape both and now I am screwed. 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: Another necessary evil perpetrated by the government, which is itself a necessary evil. While many people disagree over just how much taxes they need to pay, it is stunningly obvious that we need to pay some taxes. Running the country, after all, isn't a part-time job.

      * e.g.,  ... 1: I'm a Democrat! I want higher taxes! 

     [ "taxes" ]

    2: The general reaction to taxes is high, usually because people are very attached to the small green slips of paper they call 'money.'

      * e.g.,  ... 2: I'm a Republican! I want lower taxes! 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: A form of stealing made to sound good by the fact that a "majority" voted.

      * e.g.,  ... Paul didn't want to give up any more of his hard earned money but since Peter belonged to the majority he was able to get taxes raised. 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: What makes you go from being rich to poor

      * e.g.,  ... who doesn't hate paying those fucking things? 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: The things that pay for your water, police force, fire department, roads, sidewalks, your electricity lines, your phone lines, the techies that developed the internet, the techies that developed modern computer technology, nuclear power plants, the techies that invented the nuclear power plants, the military, the people who clean up your water so you won't die from drinking it, the development of the various vaccines that you take so you don't die, and a bunch of other things you would never be able to afford yourself, or would be able to expect other people to buy for you.

      * e.g.,  ... Random dude: Dude, Ron Paul will totally remove taxation, like, dude! 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: What most of you don't pay if you got kids or don't work.

      * e.g.,  ... "Look!! President Bush gave us all this money back,even after we got back more than we put in." 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: “'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

      * e.g.,  ... Taxes make no sense to me. Money makes me question life. I have to spend it to make it. They take it for the feds and my state. April 15th is Tax Day in the USA. 

     [ "taxes" ]

    2: If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,

     [ "taxes" ]

    3: If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.

     [ "taxes" ]

    4: If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,

     [ "taxes" ]

    5: If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.” - Taxman, The Beatles

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: Some thing the Donald Trump doesn't pay.

      * e.g.,  ... Olivia: "Man can you believe Donald Trump only payed 750 dollars in taxes in 2017 an 201" 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: Taxes, the ethereal costs of a good, in this example describe the natural annoyances involved when attempting to have hook up with/get with/fuck/merc/taste the pink/sink a brown a girl/guy. Taxes, as always, are negative and show one's dislike of the molestation involved.

      * e.g.,  ... "Chantel is mad fly son! but her bro is a tank; no way I'm paying that tax" "I'd pay taxes for that ass, no doubt no question! Yo mami" 

     [ "taxes" ]

    1: Something Donald Trump doesn't pay.

      * e.g.,  ... Jacob: "Man, cam you believe Donald Trump only payed 750 in taxes in 2017 and 2016" 

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