taxing

adj, noun — 3 senses

taxing

adj

/ˈtæksɪŋ/

Etymology Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).

1

With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.

2

Burdensome, difficult, exacting.

a taxing problem

Derived terms: nontaxing, taxingly, taxingness, untaxing

taxing

noun

Etymology Compare typologically Russian мыта́рство (mytárstvo) (< мы́тарь (mýtarʹ, “publican (tax collector)”)).

1

The act of imposing a tax.

January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]

Derived terms: taxing master

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