Tax - English meaning

verb

Charge (someone) with an offence or crime.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb

Blame for; make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

verb

To say that someone is responsible for a crime or for having done something wrong

Usage examples:

He was accused of failing to pay his taxes., she accused me of lying., he denied the accusation, sa…

verb

Call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.

Usage examples:

Her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder

verb

To formally accuse someone of a particular crime in a court of law and to ask the accused to state guilt or innocence

Usage examples:

He was arraigned on a robbery charge., they pleaded not guilty at their arraignment.

verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Usage examples:

The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues

verb

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To decide the quality or importance of something

Usage examples:

A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…

noun

The action of assessing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The assessment of educational needs

noun

The process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement

Usage examples:

Conduct/give/make an assessment the first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation.…

verb

Feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

The inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident

noun

Responsibility for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

His players had to take the blame for the defeat

verb

To make someone or something responsible for something

Usage examples:

You can’t blame the government for all your troubles., i don't blame her for not supporting the fin…

noun

A load, typically a heavy one.

Usage examples:

And laying my heavy burden in the safe hands of the luggage compartment i went to my seat and was g…

verb

Load heavily.

Usage examples:

She walked forwards burdened with a wooden box

noun

A duty or responsibility that is hard to bear

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be a burden on my children., he was burdened with debts.

noun

The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The care of the elderly

verb

Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.

Usage examples:

They don't care about human life

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

noun

(in scotland, ireland, and india) a tax or levy.

Usage examples:

Mandated by common minimum programme, the budget proposes a levy of two per cent cess on income tax…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Express complete disapproval of; censure.

Usage examples:

Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

Usage examples:

The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

verb

Come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.

Usage examples:

He confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave

noun

A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

Usage examples:

The agency is mainly financed from voluntary contributions

noun

A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

Usage examples:

The old english custom of dancing round the maypole

plural noun

The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods.

Usage examples:

Cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year

plural noun

Money paid to the government when you take particular goods from one country to another

Usage examples:

Customs officials, it took us ages to get through customs when we got back from italy.

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

verb

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Usage examples:

The assembly denounced the use of violence

verb

To criticize someone or something strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The teachers denounced the contract offer as inadequate.

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides., he angrily denounced the decisio…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

noun

One's right; what is owed to one.

Usage examples:

He thought it was his due

adjective

Expected at or planned for at a certain time.

Usage examples:

The baby's due in august

adjective

Of the proper quality or extent.

Usage examples:

Driving without due care and attention

noun

A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Usage examples:

It's my duty to uphold the law

noun

A responsibility to do something because it is legally or morally right to do it

Usage examples:

Every lawyer has a strong sense of duty and responsibility., a duty to do sth they have a duty to e…

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

noun

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents.

Usage examples:

The barman collected the empties

verb

Restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

Usage examples:

She was encumbered by her heavy skirts

verb

To weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something

Usage examples:

Be encumbered with/by today, thankfully, women tennis players are not encumbered with/by long, heav…

noun

An impediment or burden.

Usage examples:

The horse raised its hind leg as if to rid itself of an encumbrance

noun

A mortgage or other charge on a property, or the fact of a property having a mortgage, etc.

Usage examples:

An encumbrance is a legal claim on a property that affects the owner's ability to transfer the owne…

verb

Make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.

Usage examples:

The heat enervated us all

adjective

Lacking in energy or vitality.

Usage examples:

The enervate slightness of his frail form

verb

To make someone feel weak and without energy

noun

A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.

Usage examples:

The rate of excise duty on spirits

verb

Charge excise on (goods).

Usage examples:

A strategy for charging duty for high-risk and excised goods is yet to be presented to the finance …

verb

Cut out surgically.

Usage examples:

The precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

noun

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation.

Usage examples:

Buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust

verb

To make a person or an animal extremely tired

Usage examples:

The long hike up the mountain exhausted us all., after a whole day with the kids, her patience was …

noun

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.

Usage examples:

He was nearly dead with fatigue

verb

Cause (someone) to feel exhausted.

Usage examples:

They were fatigued by their journey

noun

The condition of being extremely tired

Usage examples:

The doctor said he was suffering from fatigue and work-related stress.

noun

A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.

Usage examples:

They were faced with legal fees of £3000

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

Usage examples:

Others offer discounts on software purchases to subscribers of their once-free, now fee'd, online s…

noun

An amount of money charged for a service or for the use of something

Usage examples:

An admission fee, the doctor’s usual fee is $125.

verb

(especially in the us) charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.

Usage examples:

The governor served only one year before being impeached and convicted for fiscal fraud

verb

To formally accuse a public official of a serious crime in connection with their job

Usage examples:

The federal judge faces impeachment.

verb

Especially in the us, to formally accuse a public official of a serious offence in connection with their job

Usage examples:

He was suspended and later impeached amid a $60 million financial scandal., he said he was surprise…

noun

The action or process of imposing something or of being imposed.

Usage examples:

The imposition of martial law

noun

Something done that causes inconvenience to another person

Usage examples:

I hope the drive to the airport isn’t an imposition., the imposition of new taxes

noun

The introduction of a new law , tax, rule, or punishment

Usage examples:

The imposition of laws/legislation/rules

noun

A tax or similar compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

Some of the labels are used for the purpose of collecting customs duty or other imposts

noun

The top course of a pillar that supports an arch.

Usage examples:

This space was ornamented with low relief sculpture of winged sun disks and wreaths located on the …

verb

Make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

He refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself

verb

To seem to show that someone is guilty of a crime

Usage examples:

He refused to say anything on the grounds that he might incriminate himself., incriminating evidenc…

verb

Formally accuse of or charge with a crime.

Usage examples:

His former manager was indicted for fraud

verb

Accuse formally of a crime

verb

To accuse someone officially of a crime

Usage examples:

Five people were indicted on charges of robbery.

verb

Impose (a tax, fee, or fine).

Usage examples:

A tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes

noun

An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.

Usage examples:

Police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates

noun

The state of being legally responsible for something.

Usage examples:

Once you contact the card protection scheme your liability for any loss ends

noun

The responsibility of a person, business, or organization to pay or give up something of value

Usage examples:

[ u ] he denies any liability in the accident., [ c usually pl ] the business has liabilities of $5…

noun

The amount of money that a person or organization owes

Usage examples:

He listed liabilities of more than $3 million., the company will also have to show that it has a li…

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

verb

Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.

Usage examples:

They have turned mulcting taxpayers into an art form

noun

A fine or compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

The punishments and penalty for first offense could include a jailhouse term of up to one twelvemon…

verb

To make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax

Usage examples:

The jury mulcted me for $50.

noun

An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.

Usage examples:

I have an obligation to look after her

noun

Something that is one's duty or responsibility.

Usage examples:

The onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss

noun

The obligation to prove an assertion or allegation that one makes; the burden of proof.

verb

Load with too great a burden or cargo.

Usage examples:

Both boats were overloaded and low in the water

noun

An excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

An overload of stress

verb

To put too great a load in or on something

Usage examples:

Don’t overload the washer or it won’t work properly., fig. i can’t go out tonight – i’m overloaded …

verb

Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water.

Usage examples:

Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses

idiom

To say that someone should be blamed

Usage examples:

I just tried to do what was right, and now everyone's pointing the finger at me.

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

verb

Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization).

Usage examples:

They were prosecuted for obstructing the highway

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

Usage examples:

A true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals

noun

A duty to take care of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] with this promotion, jorge’s responsibilities will be increased., [ u ] parents must assume r…

noun

Something that it is your job or duty to deal with

Usage examples:

Responsibility to do sth as a board member, i have a responsibility to ask questions., responsibili…

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Usage examples:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

noun

A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree.

Usage examples:

The usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine

noun

A particular breed, stock, or variety of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

Australia has been trying to breed better strains of plants and animals for ever.

noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.

Usage examples:

The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

verb

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances.

Usage examples:

In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

noun

Worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition

Usage examples:

[ u ] luis is under a lot of stress right now., [ c ] it’s hard to cope with the stresses of raisin…

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

noun

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

Usage examples:

The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs

verb

Fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.

Usage examples:

These services are tariffed by volume

noun

A government charge on goods entering or leaving a country

Usage examples:

Import tariffs

noun

A piece of work to be done or undertaken.

Usage examples:

A new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent

verb

Assign a task to.

Usage examples:

Nato troops are tasked with separating the warring parties

noun

One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy.

Usage examples:

They retained only one direct tax, the tithe on agricultural produce (decima).

verb

Pay or give as a tithe.

Usage examples:

He tithes 10 per cent of his income to the church

noun

A tenth part of someone's produce or income that they give or pay as a tax to the church

noun

A charge payable to use a bridge or road.

Usage examples:

Motorway tolls

verb

Charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road).

Usage examples:

The transport minister opposes tolling existing roads

noun

A single ring of a bell.

Usage examples:

She heard the cambridge school bell utter a single toll

noun

An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.

Usage examples:

The video is a tribute to the musicals of the 40s

noun

Respect or admiration for someone, or a formal event at which respect and admiration are expressed

Usage examples:

[ u ] the memorial pays tribute to africans brought here as slaves., [ c ] there was a special trib…

noun

Something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

Usage examples:

Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday., flo…

verb

Make an attempt or effort to do something.

Usage examples:

He tried to regain his breath

noun

An effort to accomplish something; an attempt.

Usage examples:

He got his membership card on his third try

abbreviation

Turkish lira (or lire).

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …