<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.</li><li>Synonyms: levy, impost, duty.</li><li>a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) (of a government) to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.).</li><li>to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of (income, goods, sales, etc.), usually in proportion to the value of money involved.</li><li>to lay a burden on; make serious demands on: to tax one’s resources.</li><li>Synonyms: stretch, tire, strain.</li><li>to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse: to tax one with laziness.</li><li>Informal: to charge: What did he tax you for that?</li><li>Archaic: to estimate or determine the amount or value of.</li><li>(used without object) to levy taxes.</li></ul>