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Tax

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

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Verb group 2

Assess 84% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Assess 84% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 2

Capitation 76% connected

A numbering of heads or individuals.

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Pavage 76% connected

See Pavage.

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Broader term 7

Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impose 76% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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Levy 76% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Manner of action 4

Excise 76% connected

In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overtax 76% connected

To tax or to task too heavily.

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Surtax 76% connected

An additional or extra tax.

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Tariff 76% connected

A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective ta…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Revenue 74% connected

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Revenue 74% connected

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taxation 74% connected

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the pr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taxation 74% connected

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the pr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taxer 74% connected

One who taxes.

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Taxer 74% connected

One who taxes.

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Synonym 3

Assess 92% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Task 92% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Taxation 92% connected

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the pr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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