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Taxing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAX'ING, ppr. Imposing a tax; assessing, as a bill of cost; accusing.
TAX'ING, n. The act of laying a tax; taxation. Luke 2.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" [syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1841 onerous, wearing <a taxing operatic role> • taxingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tax Tax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taxing.] [Cf. F. taxer. See Tax, n.] 1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government. We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. --Franklin. 2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. 3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak. Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. --Dryden. Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M. Arnold.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A taxing task or problem is one that requires a lot of mental or physical effort. It's unlikely that you'll be asked to do anything too taxing. = demanding ADJ

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Luke 2:2; R.V., "enrolment"), "when Cyrenius was governor of Syria," is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occasion of Joseph and Mary's going up to Bethlehem. It has been argued by some that Cyrenius (q.v.) was governor of Cilicia and Syria both at the time of our Lord's birth and some years afterwards. This decree for the taxing referred to the whole Roman world, and not to Judea alone. (See CENSUS.)

Moby Thesaurus

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