tax

tax is a 3-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
2. noun. A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
3. noun. Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
4. noun. A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
5. noun. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
6. noun. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
7. noun. Charge; censure.
8. noun. A lesson to be learned; a task.
9. noun. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
10. noun. To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
11. noun. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
12. noun. charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

    Synonyms: taxation

13. verb. make a charge against or accuse

    "They taxed him failure to appear in court"

14. verb. use to the limit

    "you are taxing my patience"

    Synonyms: task

15. verb. levy a tax on

    "The State taxes alcohol heavily"

    "Clothing is not taxed in our state"

16. verb. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

    Synonyms: assess

Synonyms

taxation, task, assess

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tax:

xat

Common word forms

taxed, taxer, taxes, taxing, taxable, taxless

Words from these letters

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