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tax·a·tion
(tăk-sā′shən)n.
1.
a. The act or practice of imposing taxes.
b. The fact of being taxed.
2. An assessed amount of tax.
3. Revenue gained from taxes.
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taxation
(tækˈseɪʃən)n
1. (Accounting & Book-keeping) the act or principle of levying taxes or the condition of being taxed
2. (Accounting & Book-keeping)
a. an amount assessed as tax
b. a tax rate
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) revenue from taxes
taxˈational adj
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tax•a•tion
(tækˈseɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of taxing.
2. the fact of being taxed.
3. a tax imposed.
4. the revenue raised by taxes.
[1250–1300]
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taxation
Compulsory payments by companies or individuals to the state. Direct taxes are on income and indirect taxes are taxes on commodities.
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| Noun | 1. |  taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of governmentwithholding - the act of deducting from an employee's salary imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) net estate - the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) disposable income - income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending unearned income, unearned revenue - personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income) deductible - (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes levy - a charge imposed and collected single tax - a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) income tax - a personal tax levied on annual income capital gains tax - a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling" capital levy - a tax on capital or property departure tax - a tax that is levied when you are departing a country by land or sea or air franchise tax - a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state gift tax - a tax imposed on transfers of property by gift during the lifetime of the giver direct tax - a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations hidden tax - a tax paid unwittingly by the consumer (such as ad valorem taxes) capitation - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person graduated tax, progressive tax - any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases proportional tax - any tax in which the rate is constant as the amount subject to taxation increases degressive tax - any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases rates - a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) stamp duty, stamp tax - a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) pavage - a tax toward paving streets transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property special assessment - an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" deductible - acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) progressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases |
| 2. |  taxation - government income due to taxation government income, government revenue - income available to the government internal revenue - government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs) | |
| 3. | taxation - the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) |
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Translations
فَرْض الضَّرائِب
daně
beskatning
veroverotus
adózás
sköttun, skattlagning
税収課税
dane
beskattning
vergilendirme
taxation
[tækˈseɪʃən]A. N (= taxes) → impuestos mpl, contribuciones fpl; (= system) → sistema m tributario
B. CPD taxation system N → sistema m tributario, tributación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
taxation
[tækˈseɪʃən] n (= system) → taxation f
(= taxes) → contributions fpl
The government may reduce taxation → Le gouvernement pourrait réduire les contributions.tax avoidance n → optimisation f fiscaletax break n → allégement m fiscaltax collector n → percepteur/trice m/ftax credit n → crédit m d'impôttax cut n → réduction f d'impôttax-deductible [ˌtæksdɪˈdʌktəbəl] adj → déductible du revenu imposabletax disc n (British) (AUTOMOBILES) → vignette f, vignette f automobiletax evasion n → évasion f fiscaletax-exempt [ˌtæksɪgˈzɛmpt] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôtstax exemption n → exonération f fiscaletax exile n
The government may reduce taxation → Le gouvernement pourrait réduire les contributions.tax avoidance n → optimisation f fiscaletax break n → allégement m fiscaltax collector n → percepteur/trice m/ftax credit n → crédit m d'impôttax cut n → réduction f d'impôttax-deductible [ˌtæksdɪˈdʌktəbəl] adj → déductible du revenu imposabletax disc n (British) (AUTOMOBILES) → vignette f, vignette f automobiletax evasion n → évasion f fiscaletax-exempt [ˌtæksɪgˈzɛmpt] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôtstax exemption n → exonération f fiscaletax exile n
(= person) → personne f qui s'expatrie pour raisons fiscales
to be in tax exile → être en exil m fiscal
to be in tax exile → être en exil m fiscal
(= situation) → exil m fiscaltax form n → formulaire m de déclaration de revenustax-free [ˌtæksˈfriː] adj → exonéré(e) d'impôtstax haven n → paradis m fiscal
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
taxation
n → Besteuerung f; (= taxes also) → Steuern pl; money acquired from taxation → Steuereinnahmen or -einkünfte pl; exempt from taxation → nicht besteuert; goods, income also → steuerfrei; subject to taxation → steuerpflichtig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
taxation
[tækˈseɪʃ/ən] n (act) → tassazione f; (taxes) → imposte fpl, tasse fplsystem of taxation → sistema m fiscale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tax
(tӕks) noun1. money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state. income tax; a tax on tobacco.
2. a strain or burden. The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.
verb1. to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc). He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed.
2. to put a strain on. Don't tax your strength!
ˈtaxable adjective liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods.
taxˈation noun the act or system of taxing.
ˈtaxing adjective mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job.
ˌtax-ˈfree adjective, adverb without payment of tax. tax-free income.
ˈtaxpayer noun a citizen who pays taxes.
ˈtax (someone) with to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty.
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