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taxman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• tăksʹmăn (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtæksmæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• tăksʹmăn (UK)
• /ˈtaksman/ (UK)

Etymology

From tax + man.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, sometimes) A tax collector.
   • Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year. 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
2. (derogatory, sometimes) A tax-collecting organ, personified.
   • The taxman is an especially hated presence. 'Let's just say that certain elements around these parts could live without their company,' observes one ... 2013, Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
   • ... a duty even more dreaded: to pay taxes. The taxman is primarily interested in those strong enough to create and lucky enough to sell. 1978, The Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal:
   • The taxman’s taken all my dough. Left me in my stately home. 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:
   • The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020, page 68:

Forms

Synonyms

tax collector

Translations (9)

pl poborca podatkowy (derogatory term for tax collector) · az vergiçi (derogatory term for tax collector) · fi verokarhu (derogatory term for tax collector) · el εφοριακός (derogatory term for tax collector) · bg бирник (derogatory term for tax collector) · da væsenet (derogatory term for tax collector) · sv taxmannen (derogatory term for tax collector) · sv mas (derogatory term for tax collector) · da skattefar (derogatory term for tax collector)