Tax vs Groundage - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tax and groundage

is that tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services while groundage is (nautical) a local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

As a verb tax

is to impose and collect a tax from (a person).

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

groundage

English

Noun

(nautical) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

(Bouvier)

(Webster 1913)