tax
noun
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
well-taxed
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a word derived from
tax.
Example Sentences
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If you tax the import of that rebellious Colony, what do you tax but your own manufactures, or the goods of some other obedient and already well-taxed Colony?
From Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Burke, Edmund
If you tax the import of that rebellious colony, what do you tax but your own manufactures, or the goods of some other obedient and already well-taxed colony?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
