tax

1. 1.

   charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

   Synonymstaxationrevenue enhancement

   Broaderlevy

   Narrowersingle taxincome taxcapital gains taxcapital levydeparture taxfranchise taxgift taxdirect taxindirect taxcapitation

Other forms of tax

plural

taxes

past tense

taxed·

present participle

taxing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tax

What does tax mean?

tax means "levy a tax on". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tax?

tax has 1 syllable: tax. In IPA it is /ˈtæks/.

What is another word for tax?

Close synonyms include assess, task, taxation, revenue enhancement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tax a common word?

tax is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tax?

3 words rhyme with tax. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.