taxing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæksɪŋ/

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Verb

taxing

1. present participle and gerund of tax

Adjective

taxing (comparative more taxing, superlative most taxing)

1. With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
2. Burdensome, difficult, exacting.

   a taxing problem

Derived terms

• taxingly
• taxingness

 

Translations

exhausting, draining

• Bulgarian: тежък (bg) (težǎk), изморителен (bg) (izmoritelen)
• Finnish: uuvuttava (fi)
• French: épuisant (fr) m, exténuant (fr) m, éprouvant (fr) m
• Ukrainian: висна́жливий m (vysnážlyvyj), важки́й (uk) m (važkýj)

burdensome, difficult

• Bulgarian: труден (bg) (truden)
• Finnish: rasittava (fi), vaikea (fi)
• French: ardu (fr) m
• Ukrainian: тяжки́й (uk) m (tjažkýj), складни́й m (skladnýj)

Noun

taxing (countable and uncountable, plural taxings)

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

 

Translations

act

• Finnish: verottaminen (fi); veron määrääminen
• Polish: opodatkowanie (pl) n