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 on3obsolete : 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 : censure5: to make onerous and rigorous demands on <the job taxed her strength>

— tax·able \ˈtak-sə-bəl\ adjective

— tax·er noun