Taxes

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tax
       n : charge against a citizen's person or property or activity
           for the support of government [syn: {taxation}, {revenue
           enhancement}]
       v 1: levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing
            is not taxed in our state"


       2: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
          [syn: {assess}]
       3: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: {task}]
       4: make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to
          appear in court"
       [also: {taxes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  taxes
       See {tax}

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Taxes
     first mentioned in the command (Ex. 30:11-16) that every Jew
     from twenty years and upward should pay an annual tax of "half a
     shekel for an offering to the Lord." This enactment was
     faithfully observed for many generations (2 Chr. 24:6; Matt.
     17:24).
     
       Afterwards, when the people had kings to reign over them, they
     began, as Samuel had warned them (1 Sam. 8:10-18), to pay taxes
     for civil purposes (1 Kings 4:7; 9:15; 12:4). Such taxes, in
     increased amount, were afterwards paid to the foreign princes
     that ruled over them.
     
       In the New Testament the payment of taxes, imposed by lawful
     rulers, is enjoined as a duty (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Pet. 2:13, 14).
     Mention is made of the tax (telos) on merchandise and travellers
     (Matt. 17:25); the annual tax (phoros) on property (Luke 20:22;
     23:2); the poll-tax (kensos, "tribute," Matt. 17:25; 22:17; Mark
     12:14); and the temple-tax ("tribute money" = two drachmas =
     half shekel, Matt. 17:24-27; comp. Ex. 30:13). (See {TRIBUTE}.)