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.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
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 disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
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.
A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.
To make a list of duties on, as goods.