Meaning & use
Taxed
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Required to pay a compulsory financial charge to a government, or, more broadly, severely strained or tested.
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Imported goods are taxed at the border.
Her patience was taxed by the constant delays.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of "taxed," meaning strained or burdened (as in "taxed to the limit"), grew from the idea of a tax as a heavy demand on resources.
Words with a similar meaning
leviedstrained
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Words with an opposite meaning
untaxed
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