Definitions for taxing

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taxing tax·ing

Spelling: [tak-sing]

IPA: /ˈtæk sɪŋ/

Taxing is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in taxing (agintx).

Definitions for taxing

noun

1. a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
2. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.

adjective

1. wearingly burdensome:

verb (used with object)

1. to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.). to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of (income, goods, sales, etc.), usually in proportion to the value of money involved.
2. to lay a burden on; make serious demands on:
3. to take to task; censure; reprove; accuse:
4. Informal. to charge:
5. Archaic. to estimate or determine the amount or value of.

verb (used without object)

1. to levy taxes.

Origin of taxing

First recorded in 1790-1800; tax + -ing²

Examples for taxing

Yet a few years later, they're all sunshine and smiles when it comes to taxing the internet.

Or they could go the route of taxing people based on usage—effectively, a toll for the number of miles you drive.

He told her what had been so suddenly revealed to him, taxing her with it.

But he shook off his fear, taxing himself with being childish, when he wished to be strong.

It was this problem that was taxing all my ingenuity, and which, as yet, I had not quite solved.

Lived during the reign of William Pitt, and believed in taxing tea.

Prosper looked about him, taxing his recollection fruitlessly.

But the solution imposed on Cyprus–taxing big deposits–may pave the way for the next European financial crisis.

At a fundraiser in Sun Valley, Clint had gone way off message, talking about taxing Olympic medals and rambling on.

Calibrating every facial expression, that's the hardest and most taxing part.