tax

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 government. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Tax"a*ble*ness, n. -- Tax"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; an arrangement + &unr_;, &unr_;, shield. ] (Zool.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. taxation, L. taxatio a valuing, estimation, from L. taxare. See Tax. ] 1. The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tax; sum imposed. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Charge; accusation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a tax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The American badger. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (?) + -poda. ] (Paleon.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations. [ 1913 Webster ]