taxable
[tak-suh-buh l]
- Usually taxables. persons, items of property, etc., that are subject to tax.
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Origin of taxable
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Contemporary Examples
Item 10 “Taxable refunds”… $1.98 at Safeway for a half gallon of milk that was past its sell-by date.
Up to a Point: I Do My Own Taxes With No Help, Except From a Couple of Bloody MarysP. J. O’Rourke
April 15, 2014
Item 8a “Taxable interest”… I find my interest in many things waning these days.
Up to a Point: I Do My Own Taxes With No Help, Except From a Couple of Bloody MarysP. J. O’Rourke
April 15, 2014
To simplify things a bit, the government today doesn't treat employer health insurance as taxable income.
The United States collects corporate income tax on all the taxable income of companies headquartered in the United States.
The overwhelming majority of taxable sales are local, however, and will be for the foreseeable future.
Historical Examples
At all events, either slaves should not be represented, or exports should be taxable.
My property is denied representation, and therefore can not be taxable.
Furthermore, building-association stock is not taxable in most States.
Convenient HousesLouis Henry Gibson
The beverage soon became a necessity of life—a taxable matter.
The Book of TeaKakuzo Okakura
What proportion of the taxable property of the county would that have been?
Black and WhiteTimothy Thomas Fortune
taxable
- capable of being taxed; able to bear tax
- subject to tax
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- (often plural) US a person, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
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Word Origin and History for taxable
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