Taxpay

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pay tax upon. transitive

    "If he chooses not to bottle in bond, he taxpays the spirits in bulk at 100° proof and then, after taxpayment, reduces the product with water to any proof down to 80° (usually between 86° and 80°)."

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"If he chooses not to bottle in bond, he taxpays the spirits in bulk at 100° proof and then, after taxpayment, reduces the product with water to any proof down to 80° (usually between 86° and 80°)."

Etymology

Back-formation from taxpayer or taxpaying.

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