Past tense of tax

Forms of tax

Taxed in a sentence

• The heavy freight traffic which shares the double line between Paddington and Wolverhampton with the passenger traffic has taxed the ingenuity of the timetable planners.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103
• Some philosophers aver that the well-to-do should be taxed at a higher rate than poorer people.From the entry well-to-do
• Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.From the entry stick
• Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History. From the entry exhaustive
• We tend to sweat pedally when we are mentally taxed: stressed, or concentrating hard.2010, Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, →ISBN. From the entry pedally

Meaning of tax

1. noun Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
2. noun A charge (of money, food, labor, etc) collected by a person, organization, etc; something required (exacted) from someone who is (really or notionally) under the control of the taxer, such as a contribution or service.
3. noun A burdensome demand.

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Questions about the past tense of tax

What is the past tense of tax?

The past tense of tax is taxed.

What is the past participle of tax?

The past participle of tax is taxed.

Is tax a regular or irregular verb?

Tax is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.