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01. How much did you have to pay in income [tax] last year?
02. Gillian is a little weak because she's just gotten over the flu, so she can't do anything too [taxing] right now.
03. You don't have to pay [tax] on clothing for children under 15 years of age.
04. The government has promised to lower [taxes] for low-income families.
05. I can't believe that we have to pay [tax] on stamps now.
06. Charles Kettering once observed that thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to [tax].
07. Benjamin Franklin once remarked that the only thing certain is death and [taxes].
08. After [taxes], the winners on the game show "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" take home about $650,000.
09. A combination of federal, state and local [taxes] accounts for almost 43% of the cost of every bottle of beer sold in the United States.
10. The percentage of income [tax] paid by the average American has more than doubled since 1953.
11. During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special [tax].
12. Beginning in 1993, the Queen of England agreed to pay [taxes] on income and capital gains.
13. People have protested and complained about [taxes] for about as long as rulers and governments have collected them.
14. Recently, Palestinians have taken on the responsibility of education, health, tourism and [taxation] on the West Bank.
15. In 1931, gangster Al Capone was convicted for not paying his income [tax].
16. In 1820, bachelors living in the state of Missouri were [taxed] $1 a year for not being married.
17. With no direct [taxation], the Cayman Islands are a thriving offshore financial center.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • -tax — tax·is; …   English syllables

  • tax — 1 vt [Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix] 1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court) 2: to levy a tax on tax the corporation tax capital gains tax·er n tax 2 …   Law dictionary

  • tax — tax·abil·i·ty; tax·a·ce·ae; tax·ad; tax·am·e·ter; tax·as·pid·e·an; tax·a·tion; tax·a·tion·al; tax·a·tor; tax; tax·eme; tax·e·op·o·da; tax·e·op·o·dous; tax·er; …   English syllables

  • Tax — Tax, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Task}, {Taste}.] 1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tax — (t[a^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tax´er — tax «taks», noun, verb. –n. 1. money paid by people for the support of the government and the cost of public works and services; money or sometimes goods collected from citizens by their rulers; assessment; levy: »Our parents pay taxes to the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tax — steht für Sissi Tax (* 1954) österreichische Schriftstellerin. Ignace Tax († 1977) österreichischer Sportler Tax als Begriff für Steuern Flat Tax Einheitssteuer Tax Shield Begriff der Finanzwirtschaft. Tax Justice Network (Netzwerk für… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tax|i — «TAK see», noun, plural tax|is or tax|ies, verb, tax|ied, tax|i|ing or tax|y| …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tax — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. TAX, sigle composé des trois lettres T, A et X, peut faire référence à : Taliabu dans les îles Moluques, en Indonésie, selon la liste des codes AITA… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tax — [n1] charge levied by government on property, income assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway*, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel*, price, rate, salvage,… …   New thesaurus

  • tax — [taks] vt. [ME taxen < MFr taxer, to tax < L taxare, to appraise, tax, censure < base of tangere, to touch (see TACT): used interchangeably with tasken (see TASK) in ME] 1. Obs. to determine the value of; assess 2. a) to require to pay a …   English World dictionary

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