TAX, TAXABLE
ADJECTIVES
1599 ► LAYABLE taxable, rateable → obs.
NOUNS
– ALCABALA a tax, esp. a sales tax …1824 Amer. dial. obs.
– AJAX tax …Brit. rhyming sl.
– DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth …1549
– DEDUCK a tax deduction …Bk2006 US sl.
– IMPOSITION the levying of a tax; taxation …c1374 obs.
– LAY the act of imposing a tax; an impost, assessment, rate, tax …1558 obs . exc. Eng. dial.
– MALETOLT an unjust or burdensome tax …1514 Law obs.
– SCOT AND LOT a just proportion of taxes; a contribution …1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TOLNE tax, custom, duty …1023 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
– CATCHPOLE; CATCHPOLL a tax-gatherer, an exactor of taxes or imposts; a (Roman) publican …a1050 obs.
– DECIMATOR an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth …1673 obs.
– FACTORS tax gatherers …Bk1869 sl.
– GABELIER a person who collects taxes or gabelles …1598 hist. rare
– GABELLEMAN a tax collector …Bk1881 obs.
– GABELLER a collector of the ‘gabelle’ (a tax, specifically, the salt-tax imposed in France before the Revolution); a tax-gatherer …1670 obs.
– GABELLIER a collector of the ‘gabelle’ (a tax, specifically, the salt-tax imposed in France before the Revolution); a tax-gatherer …1599 obs.
– GABLATORES those who paid gabel (a tax, imposition, or duty) …Bk1856
– GATHERER a collector of taxes …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAUD-GATHER a tax collector …Bk1875 Eng. dial.
– GHOSTBUSTER a person who investigates tax fraud …Bk2007 US colloq.
– SAFFI a catchpole; a taxman, one who gathers taxes; an officer who arrests debtors …Bk1852 (Italian)
– TAILLAGER a collector of taxes …Bk1855 obs.
– TAXABLE one who is subject to taxation …1662 orig. US
– TAXATOR one who assesses a subsidy, impost, or tax; one who levies a tax …1424 now hist.
– TAX-DODGER one who avoids paying taxes …1876 US
– TAXER one who determines the amount of a tax, fine, price, etc.; an assessor …1377 obs.
– TAXER one who levies a tax or taxes; a tax-collector …1603-4
– TAXES, THE the tax-collector …1874 colloq.
– TAX-FIGHTER one who resists the payment of taxes and contests them in court …Bk1891 Amer.
– TAX-GATHERER a collector of taxes …1693 arch.
– TAXMAN a tax-collector …1891
– TAX-TAKER one who collects taxes; a levier or receiver of taxes …1610
– TOLLER a tax-gatherer …c1000 obs.
– TOLNER a tax-gatherer …c1050 obs.
– VECTIGAL a collector of tribute; a tax-collector …1535 obs. rare
VERBS
1330 ► LAY to assess, to rate, to tax a person → obs.
1656 ► DECIMATE to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth → obs.
L19 ► SOAK to charge a high price; to tax heavily; to extort money from → sl. orig. US
1904 ► SCOT to pay taxes; to tax or rate → Sc. (Bk.)
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