tax

税金、税

個人や企業が国などに納めなければならないお金。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： tax on something (There is a tax on fuel.)

類義語： levy

よく使う表現： income tax, pay tax, tax rate, sales tax

負担

時間、気力、お金、体力を過度に使わせる要求や負担。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a tax on something (The extra work was a tax on her strength.)

類義語： burden, strain

よく使う表現： heavy tax, tax on something

課税する

個人や企業に、国などへの税金の支払いを義務づける。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： tax someone on something (Workers are taxed on their earnings.)

よく使う表現： tax someone heavily, tax the wealthy, tax a company

課税する

収入、売買する物、所有する物などに税金をかける。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： levy a tax on

よく使う表現： tax income, tax imported goods, tax something heavily

酷使する、負担をかける

人に多大な努力や力を使わせ、困難を感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： strain, stretch

よく使う表現： tax your patience, tax your strength, tax your memory