taxable

UK: /ˈtæksəb^əl/ US: (tak′sə bəl)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tax•a•ble  (tak′sə bəl), adj. 

1. capable of being taxed;
   subject to tax:
   a taxable gain.

n. 

2. Usually, taxables. persons, items of property, etc., that are subject to tax.

• 1425–75; late Middle English; see tax, -able

tax′a•bil′i•ty, tax′a•ble•ness, n. 
tax′a•bly, adv. 

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taxable / ˈtæksəb^əl/ adjective

1. capable of being taxed; able to bear tax
2. subject to tax

noun

1. (often plural) a person, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tax /tæks/   n. 

1. Government a sum of money paid to a government for its support, based on income, etc.:
   [uncountable] a burdensome income tax.
   [countable] to rebel against paying new taxes.

v. [~ + object]

2. Government (of a government)
   • to put or impose a tax on (a person or business):
     The government taxes its citizens according to their ability to pay.
   • to demand a tax on (goods, etc.):
     Income and savings would both be taxed.
3. to make serious demands on (someone);
   burden;
   strain:
   Putting the children through college taxes our financial resources.

tax•a•ble, adj. 
tax•a•tion, n. [uncountable] See -tact-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tax  (taks), n. 

1. a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
2. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.

v.t. 

3. (of a government)
   • to demand a tax from (a person, business, etc.).
   • to demand a tax in consideration of the possession or occurrence of (income, goods, sales, etc.), usually in proportion to the value of money involved.
4. to lay a burden on;
   make serious demands on:
   to tax one's resources.
5. to take to task;
   censure;
   reprove;
   accuse:
   to tax one with laziness.
6. Informal Terms to charge:
   What did he tax you for that?
7. [Archaic.] to estimate or determine the amount or value of.

v.i. 

8. to levy taxes.

• Medieval Latin taxāre to tax, appraise, Latin: to appraise, handle, frequentative of tangere to touch; (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
• (verb, verbal) Middle English taxen 1250–1300

tax′er, n. 
tax′ing•ly, adv. 
tax′less, adj. 
tax′less•ly, adv. 
tax′less•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. duty, impost, levy.
• 4. strain, tire, stretch.

tax-, 

1. var. of taxo- before a vowel:
   taxeme.