Antonyms for tax

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : taks

Phonetic Transcription : tæks

Definition of tax

Origin : c.1300, "impose a tax on," from Old French taxer "impose a tax" (13c.), from Latin taxare "evaluate, estimate, assess, handle," also "censure, charge," probably a frequentative form of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "burden, put a strain on" first recorded 1670s; that of "censure, reprove" is from 1560s. Its use in Luke ii for Greek apographein "to enter on a list, enroll" is due to Tyndale. Related: Taxed; taxing.

noun charge levied by government on property, income
noun burden
verb levy charge on property, income
verb burden
verb accuse

Example sentences :

Often it happened that certain farmers could not pay their tax.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The only constitutional tax is the tax which ministers to public necessity.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

After the Reformation the tax was collected, but given to the bishop.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Great was the outcry at this wastefulness, on the part of some of the tax payers.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Or otherwise, I beseech you, under how many notions do I tax myself?
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

There is neither contribution nor tax, (na mal na threth) which we ought to pay.
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

This tax, which should be paid by the purchaser, would produce a very large revenue.
Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn

It was said that thirty millions were obtained from this tax.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

We were now told that this tax was a main source of the Government revenue.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Synonyms for tax

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