tax

tax is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: --

[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.

[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.

[4] A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

[5] A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

[6] A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

[7] Charge; censure. [Obs.] Clarendon.

[8] A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] Johnson. Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]