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tax·ing

(tăk′sĭng)

adj.

Burdensome; wearing: a taxing business schedule.

tax′ing·ly adv.

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taxing

(ˈtæksɪŋ)

adj

demanding, onerous, and wearing

ˈtaxingly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tax•ing

(ˈtæk sɪŋ)

adj.

wearingly burdensome: the taxing duties of a hotel manager.

[1790–1800]

tax′ing•ly, adv.

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Adj.

taxing - not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

burdensome, onerous

heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"

taxing

adjective demanding, trying, wearing, heavy, tough, tiring, punishing, exacting, stressful, sapping, onerous, burdensome, wearisome, enervating You won't be asked to do anything too taxing.
light, easy, effortless, undemanding, easy-peasy (slang), unburdensome

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

taxing

adjective

Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, tough, trying, weighty.

Translations

مُرْهِق جَسَدِياً وَعَقْلِيّا

namáhavý

udmattende

strapaziös

éprouvant

próba: próbára tevő

òreytandi, erfiîur

zor

繁重的

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] ADJ

1. (mentally) [problem, task] → dificilísimo; [period, time] → muy duro
his job was mentally taxing → su trabajo requería muchísima concentración mental

2. (physically) [task, journey] → agotador, duro
physically taxing → agotador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] adj (= demanding) [problem, job] → ardu(e)tax inspector n (British) → inspecteur/trice m/f des impôtstaxi rank n (British) → station f de taxistaxi stand n (mainly US) → station f de taxis

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

taxing

adj work etc → anstrengend, strapaziös

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

taxing

[ˈtæksɪŋ] adj → oneroso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tax

(tӕks) noun

1. money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state. income tax; a tax on tobacco.

2. a strain or burden. The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.

verb

1. to make (a person) pay (a) tax; to put a tax on (goods etc). He is taxed on his income; Alcohol is taxed.

2. to put a strain on. Don't tax your strength!

ˈtaxable adjective

liable to be taxed. taxable income/goods.

taxˈation noun

the act or system of taxing.

ˈtaxing adjective

mentally or physically difficult. a taxing job.

ˌtax-ˈfree adjective, adverb

without payment of tax. tax-free income.

ˈtaxpayer noun

a citizen who pays taxes.

ˈtax (someone) with

to accuse (a person) of. I taxed him with dishonesty.

References in classic literature ?

He merged the collection of revenue into one channel, taxing consumption in bulk instead of taxing property.

Therefore, supposing there are six millions of tax-payers in easy circumstances (Rabourdin proved their existence, including the rich) is it not better to make them pay a duty on the consumption of wine, which would not be more offensive than that on doors and windows and would return a hundred millions, rather than harass them by taxing the thing itself.

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Monsieur Gabelle was the Postmaster, and some other taxing functionary united; he had come out with great obsequiousness to assist at this examination, and had held the examined by the drapery of his arm in an official manner.

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109 as the "new rock stars in tax"; see Frieswick, "Too Taxing," CFO Magazine (11/1/05), p.

The GAAP in tax education: integrating tax and financial accounting in the tax curriculum

Conservatives have always been interested in taxing consumption as a way of encouraging savings and investment, and liberals in need of revenue will have no alternative but to reconsider their historical aversion to consumption taxes as regressive.

Read my lips: raise taxes: the era of the tax revolt is over. How Democrats have an opportunity to redefine the politics of government

TEI is concerned that proposed legislation to implement a new regime for taxing Foreign Investment Entities (FIEs) and Non-Resident Trusts (NRTs) would upset the careful policy balance that has been struck by the current foreign affiliate rules.

Canadian pre-budget consultations

In practice, the notion of global public goods amounts to unlimited taxing authority for the United Nations, authority that extends even to the air we breathe, the water we drink, the electromagnetic spectrum by which we communicate, and even the space surrounding the planet we live on!

New push for global taxes: A renewed drive for global taxation threatens to accomplish the UN's goal of an international revenue service that would collect taxes from every person on the planet. (Cover Story: United Nations)

The project is seeking an equitable method for taxing electronic commerce.

The final frontier

In other words, the feds are very successful at taxing the rich, too.

The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Honest Americans Crazy and What to Do About It

But for other greenhouse gases, there's no monitoring and reporting system, so taxing them is difficult.

ALAN THEIN DURNING

Instead of taxing saving, we must tax consumption of goods and services.

Junk the income tax

However, the assets and liability for each tax-paying component of an enterprise within each taxing jurisdiction are offset for presentation in the balance sheet.)

Accounting for income taxes - one more time

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