taxes 1 of 2

noun

plural of tax
as in levies
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tax
as in stretches
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience

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Recent Examples of taxes
Verb
That’s where the state taxes something like a utility but then allows the county and city to add taxes on top of the taxes. — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The current system — in which the federal government taxes a state’s residents and then gives some of that money back to fund programs that the states already administer — is convoluted and wasteful. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026 Maryland is the only state that taxes both sides, with an estate and inheritance tax. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Hemp beverages reached national scale by selling outside the licensed marijuana system, the same system that taxes and constrains the legacy and social equity operators Dawson has spent years amplifying. — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 However, experts say any influx taxes the underfunded system. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 July 2026 Every state taxes alcoholic beverages, though the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages may appear arbitrary. — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 At the center of one of the competing measures is a proposal to change how Inglewood taxes stadium tickets. — Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Some of the wealthiest individuals in America get away with paying lower tax rates than a Boston public school teacher because our system taxes income but not wealth. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxes
  1. levies
  2. stretches
  3. tariffs
  4. tests
  5. duties
  6. tries
  7. impositions
  8. strains
Noun
  • Many Democrats -- and some Republicans -- have called for a reduction of some levies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Enrolling in Act 50 also automatically applies Pittsburgh’s $15,000 exemption, which covers the parks and library levies, and a larger Pittsburgh Public Schools exemption that is set each year.
    — Elizabeth Jane Beckett-Camarata, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of levies
Verb
  • The Kamiński/Spielberg collaboration, which now stretches over 30 years and more than 20 films, has to count as one of the most significant artistic collaborations in American cinema history.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This year’s 24-film lineup stretches well beyond Monroe’s own filmography.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of stretches
Noun
  • The president’s party almost always loses ground in midterms, but Trump’s policies in the past two years — from tariffs, cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, as well as Iran — offered few promising angles for reversing that curse.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Did the market appoint a new darling of rates and no more tariffs?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of tariffs
Verb
  • Each red flag warning brings reminders of the devastating 2025 fires in Los Angeles, and tests whether officials have heeded the lessons from the Eaton and Palisades fires.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This tests whether the model can discover exploitable entry points using only the behavior and responses exposed by a running service.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of tests
Noun
  • Shimmy helms chorus duties before passing the baton to Future, who shades a woman he’s done with.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Manifest Pictures has boarded international sales rights ahead of the American Film Market, taking over sales duties from XYZ.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of duties
Verb
  • By that logic, anyone who tries to disrupt a college football fan's Saturday should be seen as someone whose views are incongruent with the hardcore fan's, even if their intentions are pure.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In the process, a family tries to come to the aid of its ailing matriarch, presented with only a series of unappealing options, each more unbearable than the next.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tries
Noun
  • These impositions are gradual and incredibly well-meaning, although even their medicinal intentions come laced with the word of a foreign lord and savior, whose crucifixes and tales of forgiveness are at odds with the local rituals.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Then we will be prepared, no matter how temptations may come, not to get inflamed by impositions, insults, and offenses that speak to the opposite belief in some other presence or power.
    — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
Definition of impositions
Verb
  • Diadiuk collects rainwater, strains it through gauze, treats it with chlorine and boils it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Russia’s 2027-29 budget and new tax hikes would draw more revenue from mining companies and wealthier citizens as military spending strains public finances.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of strains

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“Taxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxes. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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