Tax
11tax — [taks] vt. [ME taxen < MFr taxer, to tax < L taxare, to appraise, tax, censure < base of tangere, to touch (see TACT): used interchangeably with tasken (see TASK) in ME] 1. Obs. to determine the value of; assess 2. a) to require to pay a …
12tax — ► NOUN 1) a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on personal income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. 2) a strain or heavy demand. ► VERB 1) impose a tax on. 2) pay… …
13tax|on — «TAK suhn», noun, plural tax|a. a taxonomic division, such as a family or order: »Assignment to the taxon is not on the basis of a single property but on the aggregate of properties (Scientific American). ╂[back formation < taxonomy] …
14tax — vb *burden, encumber, cumber, weigh, weight, load, lade, charge, saddle …
15tax|a — «TAK suh», noun. plural of taxon …
16tax|in — «TAK sihn», noun. = taxine. (Cf. ↑taxine) …
17tax|is — «TAK sihs», noun. 1. Biology. movement in a particular direction by a free organism or a cell, such as a zoospore, in reaction to an external stimulus, such as light. Taxis is a change of place, whereas tropism is a turning toward a different… …
18tax|it|ic — «tak SIHT ihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with taxite. 2. like taxite …
19tax|ol — «TAK sl», noun. a drug extracted from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, used to treat certain kinds of cancer: »Taxol has drawn great interest because of its success as an experimental treatment for ovarian tumors and, more recently, lung and… …
20tax|on|o|my — «tak SON uh mee», noun. 1. classification, especially of plant and animal species. 2. the branch of science dealing with classification; study of the general laws and principles of classification. 3. that branch of any subject which consists in… …
