tax

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR Tax is an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services such as road and schools. 稅[商業(yè)]
No-one enjoys paying tax. 沒人喜歡繳稅。
...a pledge not to raise taxes on people below a certain income. …一個(gè)對(duì)收入低於一定水平的人不提高稅收的承諾。
2. V-T When a person or company is taxed, they have to pay a part of their income or profits to the government. When goods are taxed, a percentage of their price has to be paid to the government. (對(duì)個(gè)人、公司、貨物) 征稅[商業(yè)]
Husband and wife may be taxed separately on their incomes. 丈夫和妻子可能會(huì)分別被征收所得稅。
3. →see also taxing , income tax

A person's gross income is the money they earn before tax is deducted from it.
The government have promised that they'll reduce taxes.
The government will pay for the new schools by increasing the tax on luxury goods .
Do you pay less tax if you're self-employed ?
The Chancellor has increased the tax on alcohol again.