​money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax ...

[countable, uncountable] money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income, and ...

1tax somebody/something to put a tax on someone or something; to make someone pay tax Any interest payments are taxed as part of your income.

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tax, five of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

​. to put a tax on somebody/something; to make somebody pay tax · ​tax something (British English) to pay tax on a vehicle so that you may use it on the roads.

taxation · ​money that has to be paid as taxes. to reduce taxation. Extra Examples. The hospital was funded from taxation. the inability to levy sufficient ...

tax somebody with something (formal) to accuse someone of doing something wrong I taxed him with avoiding his responsibility as a parent.

​the amount of tax that you pay to the government according to how much you earn. The standard rate of income tax was cut to 23p in the pound.

noun [uncountable, countable] the amount of money that you pay to the government according to how much you earn.

taxation noun NAmE//tækˈseɪʃn// [uncountable] money that has to be paid as taxes to reduce taxation.