tax

/tæks/

意味: 税金

例文: The city raised the sales tax.
　　  市は消費税を引き上げた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: tax return(税務申告), tax rate(税率), tax evasion(脱税)

定義: 政府が公共サービスやインフラのためにお金を集めるために、個人や企業から徴収するお金のことです。税金は所得、消費、資産などに対して課されることがあります。

taxは約7,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government
Verb: levy a tax on
Verb: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
Verb: use to the limit
Verb: make a charge against or accuse

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: The State taxes alcohol heavily
Verb: Clothing is not taxed in our state
Verb: you are taxing my patience
Verb: They taxed him failure to appear in court

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): assess, revenue enhancement, task, tax, taxation

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): charge, determine, levy, strain

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): charge, complain, date, distrain, filiate, format, identify, initialize, lay, mulct, overstrain, price, reimpose, tax, tithe, toll, value

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): capital gains tax, capital levy, capitation, degressive tax, departure tax, direct tax, excise, franchise tax, gift tax, income tax, indirect tax, overtax, pavage, progressive tax, proportional tax, rates, single tax, special assessment, stamp tax, surtax, tariff, transfer tax

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: assessment, tax, taxable, taxation, taxer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative, sadness