tax

impôt, taxe

Somme que les personnes ou les entreprises doivent payer à l’État.

En anglais simple : Money that people or businesses must pay to the government.

• We pay tax on our income.
• The government raised taxes last year.
• How much sales tax will I pay?

Comment l'utiliser : tax on something (There is a tax on fuel.)

Synonymes : levy

Expressions courantes : income tax, pay tax, tax rate, sales tax

fardeau, charge

Exigence qui prend trop de temps, d’énergie, d’argent ou de forces.

En anglais simple : A demand that uses too much of your time, energy, money, or strength.

• The long journey was a tax on my energy.
• These delays place a heavy tax on our patience.
• His duties were a constant tax on his time.

Comment l'utiliser : a tax on something (The extra work was a tax on her strength.)

Synonymes : burden, strain

Expressions courantes : heavy tax, tax on something

imposer, taxer

Obliger une personne ou une entreprise à payer un impôt à l’État.

En anglais simple : To make a person or business pay money to the government.

• The government plans to tax wealthy people more.
• Small businesses were taxed at a lower rate.
• Are workers taxed on all their earnings?

Comment l'utiliser : tax someone on something (Workers are taxed on their earnings.)

Expressions courantes : tax someone heavily, tax the wealthy, tax a company

taxer, imposer

Exiger un impôt sur ce qui est gagné, acheté, vendu ou possédé.

En anglais simple : To require a government payment when something is earned, bought, sold, or owned.

• They tax fuel heavily.
• The government taxed imported goods.
• Should basic food be taxed?

Synonymes : levy a tax on

Expressions courantes : tax income, tax imported goods, tax something heavily

mettre à rude épreuve

Demander tellement d’efforts ou de forces à quelqu’un que la tâche devient difficile.

En anglais simple : To make someone use so much effort or strength that something becomes difficult.

• This puzzle will tax your brain.
• The climb taxed all our strength.
• Constant delays are taxing my patience.

Synonymes : strain, stretch

Expressions courantes : tax your patience, tax your strength, tax your memory