Tax

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. A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. - Macaulay.
	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. Tax cart a spring cart subject to a low tax.
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. [imp. & p. p. Taxed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing.] We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. - Franklin.
	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. I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. - Shak. Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. - Dryden. Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. - M. Arnold.

Noun	1.	tax - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government Synonyms: revenue enhancement, taxation
Verb	1.	tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
	2.	tax - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) Synonyms: assess
	3.	tax - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" Synonyms: task
	4.	tax - make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"

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