tax meaning in Sinhala
බදු badu
/tæks/
tax in Sinhala: බදු (badu). In English, tax means 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).
Sinhala words for tax
- money paid to the government
- බදු badu
English meaning of tax
- 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).
- 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.
- noun A burdensome demand.
- verb To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
tax in a sentence
- a heavy tax on time or health
- Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.
Synonyms of tax
tax in other languages
- tax in Hindi
- tax in Tamil
- tax in Marathi
- tax in Urdu
- tax in Bengali
- tax in Telugu
- tax in Malayalam
- tax in Kannada
- tax in Punjabi
- tax in Gujarati
- tax in Odia
- tax in Sanskrit
- tax in Assamese
- tax in Nepali
- tax in Pashto
- tax in Tagalog
- tax in Arabic
- tax in Malay
- tax in Indonesian
- tax in Thai
- tax in Vietnamese
- tax in Myanmar
Questions about tax in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of tax in Sinhala?
- Tax in Sinhala is බදු (badu).
- tax යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Tax: බදු (badu).
- What does tax mean in English?
- Tax means 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).
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