Definition of "tax" []

• A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government. (noun)
• A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses. (noun)
• A burdensome or excessive demand; a strain. (noun)
• To place a tax on (income, property, or goods). (verb-transitive)
• To exact a tax from. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Collection of air passenger tax, landfill tax, aggregate tax* and stamp duty"
• "The only exception I would allow is price because our US system allows tax at the city level, county level, state level and national level so they can add “+tax” and leave that to be determined by government regulation."
• "And so we'll tax them: _tax them till they squeal_!"