tax
[Medieval Latin
taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix]
1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court)
2 : to levy a tax on [ the corporation] [ capital gains]
tax·er n
n
often attrib 1 : a charge usually of money imposed by legislative or other public authority upon persons or property for public purposes
2 : a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses