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tax

 
 
/tæks/ noun [C, U]

Definition

money that you have to pay to the government from what you earn or when you buy things: They're putting up the tax on cigarettes. Do you have to pay tax on that? → See also income tax
(Definition of tax noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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