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
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 The kiddie tax is an IRS rule that taxes a child's unearned income such as interest, dividends, and capital gains beyond a certain threshold at their parents' marginal tax rate rather than the child's lower rate. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 July 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 The findings raise fresh questions about affordability, migration and how California taxes workers. — Chris Fusco. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026 In communities like District 4, where park access is already limited, this decision effectively taxes residents for something the city has failed to provide locally. — Martha Abraham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxes
  1. levies
  2. stretches
  3. tariffs
  4. tests
  5. duties
  6. tries
  7. impositions
  8. strains
Noun
  • During the 2024 session, the Legislature approved a $2 billion facilities bill that allocated money to schools to repair and replace their aging buildings, and to help pay off their bonds and levies.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Shoppers have felt the tariffs in price increases, which companies including Abercrombie & Fitch, Walmart, and Nike announced over the last year as a result of the levies.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of levies
Verb
  • Kyiv also claims Moscow is preparing an increase in recruitment for a new push on the front line that stretches 775 miles along eastern and southern Ukraine.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Basins and streams become elongated at larger scales, so that river networks have an inherent directionality that stretches toward the sea.
    — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stretches
Noun
  • The United States and Canada are inching closer to a deal to avert the imposition of punitive 50 percent tariffs on such Canadian products as hockey sticks, wine and cement, according to industry executives and trade specialists following the talks.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has already floated a version of this approach, threatening 25% tariffs on countries conducting business with Iran.
    — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of tariffs
Verb
  • Behind them, Stephen Root is laughing at Kate O’Flynn holding a plastic owl over her face, while Hamish Linklater quietly tests out a pair of old-timey oars.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The main concern was around whether vapors were rising up through the soils, which tests conclusively disputed, Solomon said.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tests
Noun
  • Hope Davis as Nancy Reagan Hope Davis plays Nancy Reagan, who, beyond her duties as first lady, was one of her husband’s closest confidantes and wielded considerable influence behind the scenes during his presidency.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Homeowners reported a swift meeting at which officers discussed a reorganization of their specific duties and the hiring of an elevator expert to fix the chronically malfunctioning, overloaded elevators.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of duties
Verb
  • Along with the town’s hard-drinking fisherman Wyck (Root), and the town hall staff of Patricia (O’Flynn), Rosemary (Dickey) and Dale (Hiller), Loftis tries to ignore a centuries-old island curse while attracting tourists to the island.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to ticketing when necessary, Cotcher said the Park District leads discussions in problem areas and tries to reiterate park rules and decorum with parents, children and others using trails.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of tries
Noun
  • 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
  • Literary approaches to genre study often treat genres as either exclusively aesthetic objects or impositions on artistic freedom.
    — Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of impositions
Verb
  • Forest and peat fires are an annual problem in Indonesia, which strains relations with neighboring countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • And getting the high-speed, maneuverable missiles closer to their targets strains adversary reaction time.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of strains

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