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tax

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...

taxable

: that may be properly charged by the court against the plaintiff or defendant in a suit [ costs] 3 : used as the basis of a tax computation [a period] tax·abil·i·ty [tak-sə-bi-lə-tē] n

taxation

: the action of taxing: as a : the imposition of taxes b : the judicial determination of costs 2 a : revenue obtained from taxes b : the amount assessed as a tax 3 : a

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truth-in-lending act

assuring that every individual who has need for consumer credit is given full disclosure of the terms and cost of the credit. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601) Source: FindLaw

yield

per acre of crop 2 : the return on a financial investment usually expressed as a percentage of cost [the bond was 8 percent]

consumer price index

An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer calculated and published by the United States Bureau of

Cottise

quarter the area of the bend When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost See also Couple close

indexation

a system of economic regulation in which wages and interest are tied to the cost of living index in order to compenaste for the effects of inflation

CPI

the consumer price index an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer The increase of this value each year is one

Dear

Bearing a high price high priced costly expensive

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