tax

英 [t?ks] 美[t?ks]

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復數:?taxes;第三人稱單數:?taxes;過去式:?taxed;過去分詞:?taxed;現在分詞:?taxing;

tax 征稅，課稅，稅，稅款

來自拉丁語 taxare,評估，估計，征稅，反復格于 tangere,接觸，安排，來自 PIE*tag,接觸，觸摸，詞源同 tangent,task.后引申詞義征稅，課稅，及名詞詞義稅收，稅款等。

tax: tax: [13] Tax originally denoted ‘assess an amount to be levied’; the notion of ‘imposing such a levy’ is a secondary development. The word comes via Old French taxer from Latin taxāre ‘touch, assess, appraise’, a derivative of tangere ‘touch’ (source of English contact, tangible, etc). From taxāre was derived the medieval Latin noun taxa ‘tax, piece of work imposed’, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman tasque as task [13].
=> tact, tangent, tangible, task
tax (v.): c. 1300, "impose a tax on," from Old French taxer "impose a tax" (13c.) and directly from Latin taxare "evaluate, estimate, assess, handle," also "censure, charge," probably a frequentative form of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Sense of "to burden, put a strain on" first recorded early 14c.; that of "censure, reprove" is from 1560s. Its use in Luke ii for Greek apographein "to enter on a list, enroll" is due to Tyndale. Related: Taxed; taxing.
tax (n.): early 14c., "obligatory contribution levied by a sovereign or government," from Anglo-French tax, Old French taxe, and directly from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxare (see tax (v.)). Related: Taxes. Tax-deduction is from 1942; tax-shelter is attested from 1961.

3. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.: 稅賦的增加為這個企業敲響了喪鐘。

5. Some people accuse the tax inspectors of bully-boy tactics.: 有些人指控稅務稽查員使用了流氓手段。