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tax
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- pronunciation:
- taeks
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition: |
A tax is money that people pay to a government. A government uses the money in various ways. Taxes pay for things like roads, schools, street lights, hospitals, armies, city police, and firefighters. Taxes are also used to pay all the people who work for the government. In many countries, taxes are used to help people who are old and other people who cannot work.
Evan's mom is a scientist. She is studying a certain kind of disease and looking for a cure. The government pays her for her work with money from taxes.- similar words:
- duty
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| related words: |
charge, distress |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
taxes, taxing, taxed |
| definition: |
When a government taxes something, it places a tax on it. Governments sometimes tax things that you buy, for example. That means that when people buy something, they have to pay some money to the government in addition to the money that goes to the store selling it. Governments often tax people's income. That means that some of the money that people make at their jobs goes to the government. People's property is sometimes taxed too. That means that each year people pay something to the government based on how much their property is worth.
The government taxes gasoline and cigarettes.- similar words:
- burden, exact
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| related words: |
challenge, distress |
| derivations: |
taxless (adj.), taxingly (adv.), taxer (n.) |
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