Definitions for the word, tax

(n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

(n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

(n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

(n.) A lesson to be learned; a task.

(n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

(n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

(n.) Charge; censure.

(n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.

(n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.

(n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.

(n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.


3 words found in the Scrabble word, tax



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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