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The third letter of the .
voiceless palatal plosive.
cardinal number one hundred (100).
(label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
(label) The space of convergent sequences
Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur
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Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
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A burdensome demand.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
(obsolete) charge; censure
(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
To make excessive demands on.
* Do not tax my patience.
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As a letter c
is the third letter of the.As a numeral c
is cardinal number one hundred (100).As a symbol c
is carbon.As a noun tax is
money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.As a verb tax is
to impose and collect a tax from (a person).c
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=b, next=d, image= (wikipedia c)Etymology 1
Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .Letter
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma). * In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter. * In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound. * In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch. * In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .See also
(Latn-script) * Other scripts: , * Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O), * For more variations, see . * * (wikipedia "c")Symbol
(Voiceless palatal plosive) (head)Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.Alternative forms
* C,Numeral
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.Derived terms
* English: c-noteSee also
* Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Symbol
(head)See also
{{Letter, page=C , NATO=Charlie , Morse=–·–· , Character=C3 , Braille=? }}tax
English
(wikipedia tax)Noun
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- a heavy tax on time or health
- (Clarendon)
- (Johnson)
Synonyms
* (money paid to government) impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment. exaction, custom, demand, levyAntonyms
* (money paid to government) subsidyHyponyms
(types of taxes) * church tax * corporation tax * duty * estate tax * excise * excise tax * gift tax * goods and services tax * gross receipts tax * head tax * income tax * inheritance tax * land tax * poll tax * property tax * personal property tax * real property tax * sales tax * sin tax * sumptuary tax * transfer tax * use tax * utilities tax * value added taxCoordinate terms
(other government revenues) * fine * license fee * penalty * seignorage * user chargeDerived terms
* tax collector * tax haven * tax hike * taxman * tax free * tax rise * taxes due * taxpayerVerb
(es)- Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.
- Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.