| • | A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by
   authority. | 
											
															| • | A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the
   support of a government. | 
											
															| • | Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls,
   lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on
   carriages, and the like. | 
											
															| • | A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to
   defray its expenses. | 
											
															| • | A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution
   or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. | 
											
															| • | A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax
   on time or health. | 
											
															| • | Charge; censure. | 
											
															| • | A lesson to be learned; a task. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to
   tax the cost of an action in court. | 
											
															| • | 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. |