Main Entry: ¹tax

Pronunciation: \ˈtaks\

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, to estimate, assess, tax, from Anglo-French taxer, from Medieval Latin taxare, from Latin, to feel, estimate, censure, frequentative of tangere to touch — more at tangent

Date: 14th century

1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs in a court action)
2 : to levy a tax on
3 obsolete : to enter (a name) in a list <there went out a decree…that all the world should be taxed — Luke 2:1(Authorized Version)>
4 : charge, accuse <taxed him with neglect of duty>; also : censure
5 : to make onerous and rigorous demands on <the job taxed her strength>

— tax·able \ˈtak-sə-bəl\ adjective

— tax·er noun