Pax vs. Tax

(Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.

Friendship; truce.

Example: ‘to make pax with someone’; ‘to be good pax (i.e., good friends)’;

(Christianity) The kiss of peace.

(Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.

A passenger; passengers.

A guest (at an event or function).

A cry for peace or truce in children's games.

The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediæval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.

Example: ‘Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors.’;

Friendship, or a friend; - esp. in the phrases to make pax with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good friends; also, truce; - used esp. interjectionally.

(Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist

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

A burdensome demand.

Example: ‘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

(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

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

Example: ‘Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.’;

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).

Example: ‘Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.’;

(transitive) To make excessive demands on.

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

Example: ‘A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious.’;

A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.

A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

Charge; censure.

A lesson to be learned; a task.

To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.

Example: ‘We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government.’;

To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.

To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; - often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.

Example: ‘I tax you, you elements, with unkindness.’; ‘Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.’; ‘Fear not now that men should tax thine honor.’;

charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

levy a tax on;

Example: ‘The State taxes alcohol heavily’; ‘Clothing is not taxed in our state’;

set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

use to the limit;

Example: ‘you are taxing my patience’;

make a charge against or accuse;

Example: ‘They taxed him failure to appear in court’;

a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions

Example: ‘a tax bill’; ‘higher taxes will dampen consumer spending’; ‘a tax on fuel’; ‘tax cuts’; ‘they will have to pay tax on interest earned by savings’;

a strain or heavy demand

Example: ‘a heavy tax on the reader's attention’;

impose a tax on (someone or something)

Example: ‘the income will be taxed at the top rate’;

pay tax on (something, especially a vehicle)

Example: ‘the Land Rover slowly disintegrates and no one has bothered to tax it’;

make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)

Example: ‘she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength’;

confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing

Example: ‘why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations?’;

examine and assess (the costs of a case)

Example: ‘an officer taxing a bill of costs’;

A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures. A failure to pay, along with evasion of or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law.