Forfeit vs Tax - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between forfeit and tax

is that forfeit is a penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor while tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

As verbs the difference between forfeit and tax

is that forfeit is to suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance while tax is to impose and collect a tax from (a person).

As an adjective forfeit

is lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

forfeit

English

Noun

(en noun)

A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.

That he our deadly forfeit should release'' (John Milton, ''On the Morning of Christ's Nativity , 1629)

A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.

He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.

* Shakespeare

Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal / Remit thy other forfeits .

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.

* Goldsmith

Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day.

(obsolete, rare) Injury; wrong; mischief.

* Ld. Berners

to seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit

Verb

(en verb)

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.

To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules

Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

To fail to keep an obligation.

* Shakespeare

I will have the heart of him if he forfeit .

Usage notes

* Very rarely, forfeit is used as the past tense form and past participle (i.e., the past tense forms and the present tense form are homographs).

Synonyms

* (lose a contest) capitulate, surrender * (voluntarily give up) forgo, withgo

Derived terms

* forfeits * nonforfeited * nonforfeiting * nonforfeiture

Adjective

(-)

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

* Shakespeare

thy wealth being forfeit to the state

* Emerson

to tread the forfeit paradise

English irregular verbs English verbs with base form identical to past participle English words not following the I before E except after C rule

tax

English

(wikipedia tax)

Noun

Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

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A burdensome demand.

a heavy tax on time or health

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

(Clarendon)

(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

(Johnson)

Synonyms

* (money paid to government) impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment. exaction, custom, demand, levy

Antonyms

* (money paid to government) subsidy

Hyponyms

(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 tax

Coordinate terms

(other government revenues) * fine * license fee * penalty * seignorage * user charge

Derived terms

* tax collector * tax haven * tax hike * taxman * tax free * tax rise * taxes due * taxpayer

Verb

(es)

To impose and collect a tax from (a person).

Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.

To impose and collect a tax on (something).

Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.

To make excessive demands on.

* Do not tax my patience.

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Derived terms

* taxable * taxation