Definitions
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- noun A tax levied on net personal or business income.
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- noun A tax
levied onearned andunearned income ,net of alloweddeductions .
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- noun a personal tax levied on annual income
Etymologies
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income + tax
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chained_bear commented on the word income tax
"...when he heard Stephen say '"O Spartan dog, More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea,"' he called down the table 'What was that, Doctor? Are you talking about the income tax?'"
--O'Brian, The Truelove, 109
March 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word income tax
Soames used to worry greatly about the income tax, which crept inexorably upward through all six volumes of the Forsyte Saga. kind of like the price of a barrel of oil these days.
Whips over to e*trade and moves entire portfolio into pork belly futures
March 11, 2008