taxation

Noun

Meaning

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 proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.

The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.

Tax; sum imposed.

Charge; accusation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

levy tax duty assessment imposition taxing exaction levying taxes levies imposts attorney-general amount income charge
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Antonyms

support help influence capital solution benefit
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Hypernyms

levy imposition infliction government revenue government income

Hyponyms

pavage income tax capital gains tax capitation rates direct tax

Phrases with the word

exempted from taxation exempt from taxation stealth taxation e-taxation free from taxation subject to taxation

Examples

Taxation without representation is tyranny. James Otis

I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it. Warren G. Harding

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt. William Cobbett

This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. The show is continuous. Goodnight. Robertson Davies

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. Andrew Jackson

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities. Robert Nozick

Close letter words and terms

taxaphobic taxasphere taxaspidean taxation of capital gains taxation without representation taxational