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Plural of tax

regular plural

The plural of tax is taxes.

Forms of tax

Singulartax /tæks/
Pluraltaxes /ˈtæksɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Taxes in a sentence

  • But patent applications are increasingly accompanied by volumes and volumes of data on DVD, which taxes the resources of the patent office.2007 January 16, “IBM - Reinventing the invention system - United States”, in IDEAS from IBM
  • The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.From the entry loss
  • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.From the entry raise
  • It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.From the entry contention
  • When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, he's lying through his teeth.From the entry lie through one's teeth

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.

Full definition of tax

Questions about the plural of tax

What is the plural of tax?
The plural of tax is taxes.
Is tax countable?
Tax is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tax (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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