Tax definition
Tax is a verb meaning "levy a tax on." It has 5 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb, noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 3
- How common
- Everyday word
Tax as a verb
levy a tax on
"The State taxes alcohol heavily"
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
Same sense: assess
use to the limit
"you are taxing my patience"
Same sense: task
make a charge against or accuse
"They taxed him failure to appear in court"
Tax as a noun
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
Same sense: taxation, revenue enhancement
Synonyms and antonyms
- assess
- task
- taxation
- revenue enhancement
How to say tax
Tax has 1 syllable and rhymes with attacks. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with tax
- attacks
- max
- tracks
- relax
- blacks
- backs
- packs
- wax
- cracks
- lacks
- snacks
- axe
TAX in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Anagrams
- 0
Is TAX a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check TAX in the word checker, or unscramble TAX to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.