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tax

noun

1 they will have to pay tax on interest earned by savings:

levy, tariff, duty, toll, excise, impost, contribution, assessment, tribute, tithe, charge, fee;

liability;

customs, dues;

Scottish, , Irish, , & Indian cess.

▷antonyms rebate.

2 a heavy tax on the reader's attention:

burden, load, weight, encumbrance, demand, strain, pressure, stress, drain, imposition;

responsibility, duty, onus, obligation, care, worry.

verb

1 the president pledged to tax foreign companies more harshly:

levy a tax on, impose a toll on, charge duty on, exact a tax on, demand a tax on;

assess, charge, tithe;

rare mulct.

2 Basil's constant whining and struggling was taxing her strength:

strain, stretch, put a strain on, make demands on, weigh heavily on, weigh down;

burden, load, overload, encumber, push, push too far;

overwhelm, try, task, wear out, exhaust, sap, drain, empty, enervate, fatigue, tire, weary, weaken, overwork.

3 Curzon taxed him with starting a revolution:

confront, accuse, call to account, charge, blame, censure, condemn, denounce;

prosecute, bring charges against, indict, arraign, incriminate;

North American impeach;

informal point the finger at.

▷antonyms clear, exonerate.

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