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taxing

verb
  1. To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

    "Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest."

  2. To impose and collect a tax on (something).

    "Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector."

  3. To make excessive demands on.

    "Do not tax my patience."

noun
  1. The act of imposing a tax.

adjective
  1. With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.

  2. Burdensome, difficult.

    "a taxing problem"

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