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mistaxes

mistaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mistax.

Meaning of mistax

Verb

mistax (third-person singular simple present mistaxes, present participle mistaxing, simple past and past participle mistaxed)

  1. (transitive) To tax inappropriately.
    • If a rare transaction is mistaxed, taxpayers have an incentive to find it and exploit it.2004, Henry Aaron, Joel Slemrod, The Crisis in Tax Administration, page 36

Questions about mistaxes

What is mistaxes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mistaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mistax.

Words near mistaxes in the dictionary

  1. mistastes
  2. mistasting
  3. mistaught
  4. mistax
  5. mistaxed
  6. mistaxes
  7. mistaxing
  8. mistbelt
  9. mistbelts
  10. mistbow
  11. mistbows

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