money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services. 税;税款 to pay your taxes 纳税 to raise/cut taxes 增加/削减税收 - tax on something
a 20% tax on income 20%的所得税 - in tax
to pay over £1 000 in tax 缴纳 1 000 多英镑的税款 - before/after tax
profits before/after tax 税前/税后利润 tax increases/cuts 税款的增加/削减 an increase in tax rates 税率的提高 property/corporate tax revenue 财产/公司税收
Synonyms taxtax- duty
- customs
- tariff
- rates
- tax money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services:
income tax 所得税 tax cuts 减税
- duty a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country:
The company has to pay customs duties on all imports. 该公司须为所有进口货物缴纳关税。
- customs
tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries 指关税、进口税 - tariff a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country, often in order to protect industry from cheap imports:
A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports. 国外进口货物当时按普通税率征税。
- rates (in Britain) a tax paid by businesses to a local authority for land and buildings that they use, and in the past also paid by anyone who owned a house:
Business rates are very high in the city centre. 市中心的商业房产税非常高。
- (a) tax/duty/tariff/rates on something
- to pay an amount of money in tax/duty/customs/rates
- to pay (a) tax/duty/customs/tariff/rates
- to collect taxes/duties/rates
- to increase/raise/reduce taxes/duty/tariffs/rates
- to cut taxes/duties/rates
- to impose a tax/duty/tariff
- to put a tax/duty on something
Collocations The economysee also car tax, corporation tax, council tax, direct tax, estate tax, Harmonized Sales Tax, income tax, indirect tax, inheritance tax, payroll tax, poll tax, pre-tax, road tax, sales tax, stealth tax, value added tax, withholding taxThe economy 经济 Managing the economy 管理经济 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理经济 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促进投资/支出/就业/增长速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求/经济/工业 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削减投资/支出/借贷 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
减少/遏制通货膨胀 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
创造/刺激增长/需求/繁荣/泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓励/促进/刺激/抑制创新/竞争 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓励私营部门;与私营部门合作/竞争 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加/促进美国/农业出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止/限制/阻止廉价/国外进口产品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
经济增长/扩张/收缩/萎缩/放缓/复苏/改善/繁荣 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受经济/住房/房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems 经济问题 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
抬高价格/成本;加剧通货膨胀 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破坏工业/经济 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起/导致/进入/避开经济衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
经历/遭受经济衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通货膨胀/通货紧缩/失业 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
导致/造成通货膨胀/贫穷/失业 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成/引爆住房/股票市场泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盘/银行系统崩溃 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面临/陷入财政/经济危机 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入/经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance 公共财政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加/大幅削减/削减公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高/降低税收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高/降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放宽/收紧货币政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡(州/联邦)预算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
达到/保持预算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有(4 万亿美元的)预算赤字/盈余 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Shoppingb1Income tax will be deducted by your employer. 所得税将由你的雇主扣除。 Claims for expenses can be set off against tax. 费用报销可以抵消税款。 Collectively, smokers pay over £15 000 a day in tax. 烟民每天缴税总计超过 1.5 万英镑。 She was charged with conspiracy to evade taxes. 她被控共谋偷税。 Taxes look set to rise again. 税看来又要涨了。 the government department responsible for collecting taxes 负责收税的政府部门 an increase in the basic rate of tax 基本税率的提高 introducing a 60% tax on alcohol 对含酒精饮料徵60% 的税 He was criticized for putting a new tax burden on the poor. 他被批给穷人增加了一项新税负。 By broadening the tax base the chancellor could raise more revenues. 财政大臣通过扩大税基可增加税收。 He is non-resident for tax purposes. 他不是当地居民,这是为了避税。 He was ordered to pay $2 million in tax arrears. 他被要求支付200 万元的拖欠税款。 Her accountant was good at exploiting tax loopholes. 她的会计善于钻税收漏洞。 Her salary puts her in the highest tax band. 她的薪水高, 是最高税率等级。 His tax affairs are under investigation by the police. 警方正在调查他税务方面的问题。 The tax office demanded £80 000 in back taxes. 税务部门要求补缴 8 万英镑的欠税。 There are tax advantages to working freelance. 自由职业者享受纳税优惠。 an increase in tax liability on company cars 公司汽车纳税义务的增加
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- direct
- …
- pay
- owe
- charge
- …
- go up
- increase
- rise
- …
- payer
- preparer
- authority/authorities
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- after tax
- before tax
- in tax
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- for tax purposes
- the rate of tax
- inspector of taxes
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Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘estimate or determine the amount of a penalty or damages’): from Old French taxer, from Latin taxare ‘to censure, charge, compute’, perhaps from Greek tassein ‘fix’.