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tax — 1 vt [Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix] 1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court) 2: to levy a tax on tax the corporation tax capital gains tax·er n tax 2 … Law dictionary
Assess — As*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assessing}.] [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tax — (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.] 1. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assess — (v.) early 15c., to fix the amount (of a tax, fine, etc.), from Anglo Fr. assesser, from M.L. assessare fix a tax upon, originally frequentative of L. assessus a sitting by, pp. of assidere to sit beside (and thus to assist in the office of a… … Etymology dictionary
Tax protester statutory arguments — Part of the Taxation in the United States series Tax protest in the United States … Wikipedia
Tax haven — A tax haven is a place where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all. Individuals and/or firms can find it attractive to move themselves to areas with lower tax rates. This creates a situation of tax competition among governments.… … Wikipedia
tax — I. n. 1. Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy. 2. Demand, burden, charge, requisition. 3. Charge, accusation, censure. II. v. a. 1. Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon. 2. Burden, load, task, make demands upon. 3 … New dictionary of synonyms
assess — as·sess /ə ses/ vt 1: to determine the rate or amount of (as a tax) 2 a: to impose (as a tax) according to an established rate b: to subject to a tax, charge, or levy each property owner was assess ed an additional five dollars 3 … Law dictionary
tax — Synonyms and related words: accuse, allege, arraign, article, ask, assess, assessment, bear hard upon, blackmail, boodle, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, burden, burden with, burthen, busy, call, call for, cargo, cess,… … Moby Thesaurus
assess — /sses/ To ascertain; fix the value of. To fix the amount of the damages or the value of the thing to be ascertained. To impose a pecuniary payment upon persons or property. To ascertain, adjust, and settle the respective shares to be contributed… … Black's law dictionary
