n. | 1. | A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. |
| 2. | A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. |
| 2. | A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. |
| 3. | Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like. |
| 3. | A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. |
| 4. | A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. |
| 4. | Charge; censure. |
| 5. | A lesson to be learned; a task. |
v. t. | 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. |
| 2. | (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. |
| 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. |