Taxing

//ˈtæksɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of imposing a tax. countable, uncountable

    "January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tax form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
  2. 2
    Burdensome, difficult, exacting.

    "a taxing problem"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not easily borne; wearing wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
burdensomeaccusalaccusationaccusingallegationallegement

Example

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"Training for a marathon is taxing."

Etymology

Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).

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