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tax

noun as in charge levied by government on property, income

noun as in burden

verb as in levy charge on property, income

verb as in accuse

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For example, since 2009 it’s been working on a campaign for tax incentives for carbon capture and storage.

From Vox

Which is why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and others have been calling for raising much more tax money, but primarily from the very wealthy.

In March, Measure C got 65 percent of the vote, just shy of the two-thirds needed to approve a tax for a specific purpose.

They could support citizens more efficiently, quickly, and flexibly than current approaches like check payments or tax relief.

The head of an organization representing such workers blasted the decision as a “scam that leaves workers with a substantial tax bill right after the holiday season,” according to the Washington Post.

From Fortune

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?

His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.

In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.

Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years, and thus it seems likely that Grimm would be covered by the provision.

The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.

In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.

Mr. Jackson supposed that Parliament had a right to tax America, but he much doubted the expediency of the present act.

In tax-paying circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and let the airship overtake you if it can.

The stamps, in remote districts, would frequently require more in postage to obtain than the value of the tax.

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On this page you'll find 198 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tax, such as: contribution, cost, duty, expense, fine, and levy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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