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From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxō (“to appraise, value, estimate; (medieval) to tax”). Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the word for “tribute” and “rent”.

From Middle English taxen, from Anglo-Norman taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle, to censure, to appraise, to compute”).

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: belasting — money paid to the government
• Aghwan: 𐕆𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕄 (hariḳ) — money paid to the government
• Albanian: taksë — money paid to the government
• Albanian: tatim — money paid to the government
• Amharic: ግብር (gəbr) — money paid to the government
• Amharic: ቀረጥ (ḳäräṭ) — money paid to the government
• Arabic: ضَرِيبَة (ḍarība) — money paid to the government
• Arabic: رسم (rasm) — money paid to the government
• Armenian: հարկ (hark) — money paid to the government
• Old Armenian: հարկ (hark) — money paid to the government
• Old Armenian: տուրք (turkʻ) — money paid to the government
• Old Armenian: բաժ (baž) — money paid to the government
• Assamese: কৰ (kor) — money paid to the government
• Asturian: impuestu — money paid to the government
• Avar: налог (nalog) — money paid to the government
• Avar: закат (zakat) — money paid to the government
• Azerbaijani: vergi — money paid to the government
• Bashkir: һалым (halım) — money paid to the government
• Basque: zerga — money paid to the government
• Belarusian: пада́так (padátak) — money paid to the government
• Bengali: কর (kor) — money paid to the government
• Central Bikol: buwis — money paid to the government
• Bulgarian: нало́г (nalóg) — money paid to the government
• Bulgarian: да́нък (dánǎk) — money paid to the government
• Burmese: အကောက် (a.kauk) — money paid to the government
• Burmese: အခွန် (a.hkwan) — money paid to the government
• Carpathian Rusyn: дань (danʹ) — money paid to the government
• Catalan: impost — money paid to the government
• Catalan: taxa — money paid to the government
• Cebuano: buhis — money paid to the government
• Chechen: налог (nalog) — money paid to the government
• Chinese Cantonese: 稅 /税 (seoi3) — money paid to the government
• Chinese: фи (fi) — money paid to the government
• Eastern Min Chinese: 稅 /税 (suói) — money paid to the government
• Hakka Chinese: 稅 /税 (soi) — money paid to the government
• Chinese: 稅 /税 (sè / sèr / sòe) — money paid to the government
• Chinese Mandarin: 稅 /税 (shuì) — money paid to the government
• Northern Min Chinese: 稅 /税 (sṳe̿) — money paid to the government
• Wu Chinese: 稅 /税 — money paid to the government
• Crimean Tatar: bergi — money paid to the government
• Czech: daň — money paid to the government
• Danish: skat — money paid to the government
• Dutch: belasting — money paid to the government
• Dutch: taks — money paid to the government
• Esperanto: imposto — money paid to the government
• Estonian: maks — money paid to the government
• Finnish: vero — money paid to the government
• French: impôt — money paid to the government
• Galician: imposto — money paid to the government
• Georgian: გადასახადი (gadasaxadi) — money paid to the government
• Georgian: ბეგარა (begara) — money paid to the government
• Georgian: ბაჟი (baži) — money paid to the government
• German: Steuer — money paid to the government
• German: Stüür — money paid to the government
• Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta) — money paid to the government
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild) — money paid to the government
• Greek: φόρος (fóros) — money paid to the government
• Ancient Greek: τέλος (télos) — money paid to the government
• Hebrew: מַס (mas) — money paid to the government
• Higaonon: buhis — money paid to the government
• Hiligaynon: buhis — money paid to the government
• Hindi: कर (kar) — money paid to the government
• Hindi: टैक्स (ṭaiks) — money paid to the government
• Hungarian: adó — money paid to the government
• Icelandic: skattur — money paid to the government
• Ilocano: buis — money paid to the government
• Indonesian: pajak — money paid to the government
• Indonesian: cukai — money paid to the government
• Irish: cáin — money paid to the government
• Irish: cíos — money paid to the government
• Italian: tassa — money paid to the government
• Italian: imposta — money paid to the government
• Italian: accisa — money paid to the government
• Japanese: 税 (zei) — money paid to the government
• Japanese: 税金 (zeikin) — money paid to the government
• Japanese: 租税 (sozei) — money paid to the government
• Javanese: pajeg — money paid to the government
• Javanese: paos — money paid to the government
• Kapampangan: buis — money paid to the government
• Kashubian: pòdatk — money paid to the government
• Western Kayah: ꤢ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤢ꤬ꤚꤢ (àmò’àra) — money paid to the government
• Kazakh: салық (salyq) — money paid to the government
• Kazakh: долық (dolyq) — money paid to the government
• Kazakh: баж (baj) — money paid to the government
• Khmer: ពន្ធ (pŭən) — money paid to the government
• Khmer: តាក់ (tak) — money paid to the government
• Khmer: ភាស៊ី (phiəsii) — money paid to the government
• Korean: 세금 (segeum) — money paid to the government
• Korean: 세 (se) — money paid to the government
• Korean: 조세 (jose) — money paid to the government
• Central Kurdish: باج (bac) — money paid to the government
• Northern Kurdish: bêş — money paid to the government
• Northern Kurdish: bac — money paid to the government
• Kyrgyz: салык (salık) — money paid to the government
• Kyrgyz: налог (nalog) — money paid to the government
• Ladino: taksa — money paid to the government
• Ladino: חראגֿ — money paid to the government
• Lao: ພາສີ (phā sī) — money paid to the government
• Latin: vectīgal — money paid to the government
• Latin: geldum — money paid to the government
• Latin: gabella — money paid to the government
• Latvian: nodoklis — money paid to the government
• Lithuanian: mokestis — money paid to the government
• Macedonian: данок (danok) — money paid to the government
• Maguindanao: buis — money paid to the government
• Malay: cukai — money paid to the government
• Malayalam: കരം (karaṁ) — money paid to the government
• Malayalam: നികുതി (nikuti) — money paid to the government
• Manx: keesh — money paid to the government
• Māori: tāke — money paid to the government
• Maranao: bois — money paid to the government
• Middle English: taxe — money paid to the government
• Middle English: taske — money paid to the government
• Mongolian: татвар (tatvar) — money paid to the government
• Navajo: ínáóltąʼí — money paid to the government
• Nepali: कर (kar) — money paid to the government
• Norman: taxe — money paid to the government
• Norwegian Bokmål: skatt — money paid to the government
• Norwegian Bokmål: avgift — money paid to the government
• Nupe: èdú — money paid to the government
• Occitan: impòst — money paid to the government
• Occitan: taxa — money paid to the government
• Old English: gafol — money paid to the government
• Ossetian: хъалон (qalon) — money paid to the government
• Ossetian: налог (nalog) — money paid to the government
• Pannonian Rusyn: порция (porcija) — money paid to the government
• Pannonian Rusyn: даванє (davanje) — money paid to the government
• Pannonian Rusyn: даванїна (davanjina) — money paid to the government
• Pashto: مالیه (mālya) — money paid to the government
• Pashto: باج (bāj) — money paid to the government
• Pashto: ماليات (mālyāt) — money paid to the government
• Dari: مَالِیَه (māliya) — money paid to the government
• Iranian Persian: مالِیات (mâliyât) — money paid to the government
• Iranian Persian: تاکْس (tâks) — money paid to the government
• Iranian Persian: باج (bâj) — money paid to the government
• Iranian Persian: خَراج (xarâj) — money paid to the government
• Plautdietsch: Taks — money paid to the government
• Polish: podatek — money paid to the government
• Portuguese: imposto — money paid to the government
• Portuguese: tributo — money paid to the government
• Romanian: taxă — money paid to the government
• Romanian: impozit — money paid to the government
• Romanian: dare — money paid to the government
• Russian: нало́г (nalóg) — money paid to the government
• Russian: сбор (sbor) — money paid to the government
• Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — money paid to the government
• Russian: дань (danʹ) — money paid to the government
• Russian: по́дать (pódatʹ) — money paid to the government
• Sanskrit: कर (kara) — money paid to the government
• Scottish Gaelic: càin — money paid to the government
• Scottish Gaelic: cìs — money paid to the government
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀рез — money paid to the government
• Serbo-Croatian: да̏нак — money paid to the government
• Serbo-Croatian: pòrez — money paid to the government
• Serbo-Croatian: dȁnak — money paid to the government
• Shan: ၶွၼ်ႇ (khàun) — money paid to the government
• Sicilian: tascia — money paid to the government
• Sinhalese: බදු (badu) — money paid to the government
• Slovak: daň — money paid to the government
• Slovene: davek — money paid to the government
• Slovene: davščina — money paid to the government
• Lower Sorbian: dank — money paid to the government
• Upper Sorbian: dań — money paid to the government
• Spanish: impuesto — money paid to the government
• Spanish: tasa — money paid to the government
• Spanish: gabela — money paid to the government
• Spanish: tax — money paid to the government
• Spanish: mita — money paid to the government
• Spanish: alfarda — money paid to the government
• Spanish: catastro — money paid to the government
• Spanish: conducho — money paid to the government
• Spanish: alcabala — money paid to the government
• Spanish: sisa — money paid to the government
• Swahili: ushuru — money paid to the government
• Swahili: kodi — money paid to the government
• Swedish: skatt — money paid to the government
• Tagalog: buwis — money paid to the government
• Tajik: молиёт (moliyot) — money paid to the government
• Tajik: андоз (andoz) — money paid to the government
• Tajik: налог (nalog) — money paid to the government
• Tajik: боҷ (boj) — money paid to the government
• Tajik: хироҷ (xiroj) — money paid to the government
• Tamil: வரி (vari) — money paid to the government
• Tatar: салым (salım) — money paid to the government
• Telugu: పన్ను (pannu) — money paid to the government
• Thai: ภาษี (paa-sǐi) — money paid to the government
• Tibetan: ཁྲལ (khral) — money paid to the government
• Tocharian B: eñcil — money paid to the government
• Turkish: vergi — money paid to the government
• Turkish: salma — money paid to the government
• Ottoman Turkish: ویركی (vergi) — money paid to the government
• Ottoman Turkish: خراج (harac) — money paid to the government
• Turkmen: salmak — money paid to the government
• Turkmen: salgyt — money paid to the government
• Ukrainian: пода́ток (podátok) — money paid to the government
• Urdu: مالِیات (māliyāt) — money paid to the government
• Urdu: ٹَیکْس (ṭaiks) — money paid to the government
• Urdu: مَحْصُول (mahsūl) — money paid to the government
• Urdu: باج (bāj) — money paid to the government
• Urdu: خَراج (xarāj) — money paid to the government
• Uyghur: ئېلىق (ëliq) — money paid to the government
• Uyghur: باج (baj) — money paid to the government
• Uyghur: يۈك (yük) — money paid to the government
• Uyghur: بېسىم (bësim) — money paid to the government
• Uzbek: soliq — money paid to the government
• Uzbek: toʻlov — money paid to the government
• Uzbek: oʻlpon — money paid to the government
• Vietnamese: thuế — money paid to the government
• Waray-Waray: buhis — money paid to the government
• Welsh: treth — money paid to the government
• West Frisian: belêsting — money paid to the government
• Yiddish: שטײַער (shtayer) — money paid to the government
• Yoruba: owó orí — money paid to the government
• Zazaki: bêj — money paid to the government
• Amharic: ቀረጠ (ḳäräṭä) — to impose and collect a tax
• Armenian: հարկել (harkel) — to impose and collect a tax
• Bulgarian: облагам (oblagam) — to impose and collect a tax
• Catalan: gravar — to impose and collect a tax
• Chinese Mandarin: 徵稅 /征税 (zhēngshuì) — to impose and collect a tax
• Czech: danit — to impose and collect a tax
• Danish: beskatte — to impose and collect a tax
• Dutch: belasting heffen — to impose and collect a tax
• Esperanto: imposti — to impose and collect a tax
• Finnish: verottaa — to impose and collect a tax
• French: imposer — to impose and collect a tax
• French: taxer — to impose and collect a tax
• German: besteuern — to impose and collect a tax
• Greek: φορολογώ (forologó) — to impose and collect a tax
• Hindi: उगाही (ugāhī) — to impose and collect a tax
• Hungarian: megadóztat — to impose and collect a tax
• Ido: impostar — to impose and collect a tax
• Ido: impostizar — to impose and collect a tax
• Italian: tassare — to impose and collect a tax
• Lao: ກັບພາສີ (kap phā sī) — to impose and collect a tax
• Māori: tāke — to impose and collect a tax
• Middle English: taxen — to impose and collect a tax
• Norwegian: skattelegge — to impose and collect a tax
• Old English: gafolian — to impose and collect a tax
• Polish: opodatkowywać — to impose and collect a tax
• Polish: opodatkować — to impose and collect a tax
• Portuguese: tributar — to impose and collect a tax
• Portuguese: taxar — to impose and collect a tax
• Serbo-Croatian: oporezívati — to impose and collect a tax
• Slovene: obdavčiti — to impose and collect a tax
• Spanish: asignar impuestos — to impose and collect a tax
• Spanish: cobrar gabelas — to impose and collect a tax
• Spanish: gravar — to impose and collect a tax
• Swedish: beskatta — to impose and collect a tax
• Ukrainian: оподатко́вувати (opodatkóvuvaty) — to impose and collect a tax
• Ukrainian: оподаткува́ти (opodatkuváty) — to impose and collect a tax
• Welsh: trethu — to impose and collect a tax
• German: strapazieren — to make demands on
• German: belasten — to make demands on
• Russian: чрезме́рно напряга́ть (črezmérno naprjagátʹ) — to make demands on
• Russian: чрезме́рно утомля́ть (črezmérno utomljátʹ) — to make demands on
• Russian: истоща́ть (istoščátʹ) — to make demands on
• Russian: подверга́ть испыта́нию (podvergátʹ ispytániju) — to make demands on
• Welsh: trethu — to make demands on