Meanings
present singular third person taxpays · participle present taxpaying · participle past taxpaid · past taxpaid
- transitiveTo pay tax upon.
If he chooses not to bottle in bond, he taxpays the spirits in bulk at 100° proof and then, after taxpayment, reduces the product with water to any proof down to 80° (usually between 86° and 80°).
1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Excise Tax Technical and Administrative Problems1 more example
[…] affix to each package one or more internal-revenue stamps of the proper class and denomination as will fully taxpay the contents of such package, unless such stamp or stamps shall have been affixed abroad […]
1957, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic And Other Laws
Origin
Back-formation from taxpayer or taxpaying.
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