What does “tax” mean?
- 1
nounmoney that people and businesses must pay to the government
The price includes sales tax.
- 2
verbto make someone pay a tax
Cigarettes are heavily taxed.
Tax at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun & verb
- CEFR level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Pronunciation
- /tæks/ · TAKS
- Forms
- taxes
Common phrases with “tax”
- pay taxes
- income tax
- tax return
- raise taxes
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- taxation
- taxpayer
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