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tax

Definition

  • noun: an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to their income, the value of their property, etc., and that is used to pay for the things done by the government
  • verb: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs in a court action)
  • verb: to require (someone) to pay a tax
  • often + 'on'
  • synonyms: exaction, rate, duty

Examples

  • You can have an enjoyable vacation without 'taxing' your budget. [=without having to spend a lot of money]

  • That job really 'taxed' our strength. [=required us to use a lot of physical effort]

  • All this waiting is 'taxing' my patience. [=is making me lose my patience]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You can see it when you look out your window ... ... or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work ... ... when you go to church ... ... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes ... ... to blind you from the truth. What truth? (..)
    1999 The Matrix
  • (..) In one life, you're Thomas A. Anderson ... ... program writer for a respectable software company. You have a social security number. You pay your taxes. And you ... ... help your landlady carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in computers ... ... where you go by (..)
    1999 The Matrix