taxing

English

Verb

taxing

present participle and gerund of tax

Adjective

taxing (comparative more taxing, superlative most taxing)

With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
Burdensome, difficult.
a taxing problem

Derived terms

taxingly
taxingness

Translations

exhausting, draining

Bulgarian: тежък (bg) (težǎk), изморителен (bg) (izmoritelen)
Finnish: uuvuttava (fi)
French: épuisant (fr) m, exténuant (fr) m, éprouvant (fr) m
Ukrainian: висна́жливий m (vysnážlyvyj), важки́й (uk) m (važkýj)

burdensome, difficult

Bulgarian: труден (bg) (truden)
Finnish: rasittava (fi), vaikea (fi)
French: ardu (fr) m
Ukrainian: тяжки́й (uk) m (tjažkýj), складни́й m (skladnýj)

Noun

taxing (countable and uncountable, plural taxings)

The act of imposing a tax.
- January 1834, Horace Binney, Speech on the Question of the Removal of the Deposites
  Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City […]

Derived terms

taxing master

Translations

act

Finnish: verottaminen (fi); veron määrääminen
Polish: opodatkowanie (pl) n

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